Why the study?
Does contrast-enhanced intracoronary ultrasonography with microbubbles detect perivascular blood flow in a healthy porcine model?
Population
4 domestic, clinically healthy pigs
Comparison
Intracoronary ultrasound after injection of… vs Baseline grey scale level before injection of…
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating in healthy pigs; leaves open human translation for vasa vasorum and plaque imaging.
Does contrast-enhanced intracoronary ultrasonography with microbubbles detect perivascular blood flow in a healthy porcine model?
Contrast-enhanced intracoronary ultrasonography with microbubbles can detect perivascular structures and flow in a porcine model, potentially aiding in the future detection of vasa vasorum and vulnerable plaques.
Vavuranakis et al. (2007) studied this question.
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