Combination balloon-ultrasound imaging catheter for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Validation of imaging, analysis of recoil, and identification of plaque fracture. | Zendy

Jeffrey M. Isner | Zendy; Kenneth Rosenfield | Zendy; Douglas W. Losordo | Zendy; L Rose | Zendy; R.Eugene Langevin | Zendy; Syed Razvi | Zendy; Bernard D. Kosowsky | Zendy

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Combination balloon-ultrasound imaging catheter for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Validation of imaging, analysis of recoil, and identification of plaque fracture.

Author(s) -

Jeffrey M. Isner,

Kenneth Rosenfield,

Douglas W. Losordo,

L Rose,

R.Eugene Langevin,

Syed Razvi,

Bernard D. Kosowsky

Publication year - 1991

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.84.2.739

Subject(s) - medicine , balloon , intravascular ultrasound , angioplasty , ultrasound , percutaneous , elastic recoil , radiology , nuclear medicine , balloon catheter , catheter , biomedical engineering , surgery , lung

We investigated the hypothesis that an ultrasound transducer positioned within an angioplasty balloon could be used to perform quantitative assessment of arterial dimensions before and after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and to identify certain mechanical alterations consequent to PTA, including vascular wall recoil and the initiation of plaque fractures.

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