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Critical care clinics · Apr 1996
ReviewIntravascular and intracardiac ultrasound: a tool of the future.
- B D Hoit.
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
- Crit Care Clin. 1996 Apr 1; 12 (2): 451-70.
AbstractIntravascular ultrasonography has the capability to visualize the vessel wall and perivascular structures, to identify the spatial distribution and composition of atherosclerotic plaque, and to measure accurately vessel and wall dimensions. This article discusses relevant principles of instrumentation, issues pertaining to the validation and interpretation of intravascular ultrasound images, and the current and potential applications of intravascular (and intracardiac) imaging. Emphasis is placed on uses that are likely to be of interest to the critical care physician.
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