NONINVASIVE VISUALIZATION OF AN APPARENT PATENT INTRACORONARY STENT BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Authors
NIXDORFF U ERBEL R RUPPRECHT HJ KEARNEY P TRAUTMANN S MEYER J
Citation
U. Nixdorff et al., NONINVASIVE VISUALIZATION OF AN APPARENT PATENT INTRACORONARY STENT BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Echocardiography, 12(4), 1995, pp. 391-395
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Echocardiography → ACNP
ISSN journal
07422822
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
391 - 395
Database
ISI
SICI code
0742-2822(1995)12:4<391:NVOAAP>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
In the area of increasing interventional techniques there is a need fo r noninvasive imaging modalities to provide postinterventional follow- up. We were able to visualize the apparent patency and measure the dim ensions of an, intracoronary Palmaz-Schatz stent in the left circumfle x coronary artery using transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiograp hy. This report indicates the potential of echocardiography to directl y assess coronary stents.