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Focus on the research utility of intravascular ultrasound - comparison with other invasive modalities

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is an invasive modality which provides cross-sectional images of a coronary artery. In these images both the lumen and outer vessel wall can be identified and accurate estimations of their dimensions and of the plaque burden can be obtained. In addition, further proce...

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Autores principales: Bourantas, Christos V, Garg, Scot, Naka, Katerina K, Thury, Attila, Hoye, Angela, Michalis, Lampros K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3039561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21276268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-9-2