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Visualization of the coronary arteries by precordial echocardiography

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Ultrasound in Coronary Artery Disease

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 113))

Abstract

Two-dimensional echocardiography is being used to obtain tomographic slices of virtually every segment of the heart and great vessels. It should not be surprising then that one would want to examine all of the vital parts of the cardiovascular system, including the coronary arteries. Trying to obtain a two-dimensional ultrasonic image of the coronary arteries is indeed a chal¬lenge. The ostia of the left and right coronary arteries were discovered early in the development of two-dimensional echocardiography. Several early workers demonstrated the left main coronary artery and reported pathology within that vessel [1–4]. Although there was some initial enthusiasm for the possible practical application of this technique, the enthusiasm diminished quickly when the technical difficulties became apparent.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, University of Bari, I-70124, Bari, Italy

    Sabino Iliceto  & Paolo Rizzon  & 

  2. Thorax Center, Erasmus University, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Jos R. T. C. Roelandt

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Feigenbaum, H. (1991). Visualization of the coronary arteries by precordial echocardiography. In: Iliceto, S., Rizzon, P., Roelandt, J.R.T.C. (eds) Ultrasound in Coronary Artery Disease. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 113. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0611-2_22

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