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Quantitative, Qualitative, and Diagnostic Intravascular Ultrasound

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Angiography is a shadowgraph technique that visualizes the lumen in multiple projected longitudinal “silhouettes”; it assesses coronary artery disease by comparing stenotic to supposedly “normal” segments. However, atherosclerosis is a diffuse process involving the entire arterial wall, and coronary arteries are complex three-dimensional structures with branch points, tortuous segments, and bends. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) provides tomographic imaging to provide a more accurate quantitative and qualitative assessment of the disease process and coronary artery anatomy.

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Guo, N., Mintz, G.S. (2014). Quantitative, Qualitative, and Diagnostic Intravascular Ultrasound. In: Thompson, C. (eds) Textbook of Cardiovascular Intervention. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4528-8_3

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