Intravascular ultrasound


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Anterior heart arteries
Cardiac catheterization
Cholesterol causing coronary artery blockage, heart disease
Coronary artery blockage
Alternative Names

IVUS; Ultrasound - coronary artery; Endovascular ultrasound


References

Grainger RG, Allison D, Adam A, Dixon AK. Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging. 4th ed. St. Louis, Mo: WB Saunders; 2001:70.

Sipahi I. Intravascular Ultrasound in the Current Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Era. Cardiol Clin. 2006 May; 24(2); 163-173.

Rowe VL . Advances in vascular imaging. Surg Clin North Am. 01-OCT-2004; 84(5): 1189-202, v.



Review Date: 08/15/2006
Reviewed By: Augusto Pichard, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.


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