Why the study?
Does intravascular ultrasound improve the assessment of ambiguous coronary lesions compared to coronary angiography?
Comparison
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) vs Coronary angiography
Design
Review
Authors
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May support IVUS as adjunct for ambiguous lesions; leaves open need for prospective outcome trials versus angiography.
Does intravascular ultrasound improve the assessment of ambiguous coronary lesions compared to coronary angiography?
Intravascular ultrasound serves as a valuable adjunct to coronary angiography for the detailed morphological assessment of ambiguous coronary lesions.
Baumgart et al. (1999) studied this question.
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