Visualization of stents in the left anterior descending coronary artery by transthoracic echocardiography in pigs and humans

Y Birnbaum; A Chaux; H Luo; T Nagai; T Naqvi; R J Siegel

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00872-2

Visualization of stents in the left anterior descending coronary artery by transthoracic echocardiography in pigs and humans

Am J Cardiol. 1998 Jan 15;81(2):229-31. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00872-2.

Authors

Y Birnbaum¹, A Chaux, H Luo, T Nagai, T Naqvi, R J Siegel

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.

PMID: 9591909
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00872-2

Abstract

In this study, we demonstrate that coronary artery stents can be visualized by transthoracic 2-dimensional echocardiography. We were able to image stents in the left anterior descending coronary artery in 6 of 6 pigs and in 6 of 7 patients studied.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Blood Flow Velocity
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Disease / physiopathology
Coronary Disease / surgery
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Vessels / surgery
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color*
Feasibility Studies
Humans
Recurrence
Stents*
Swine