Coronary angioscopy

Coronary angioscopy will not replace angiography as the gold standard for imaging atherosclerotic coronary arteries. However, there may well be a clinical niche for a technology that gives accurate information regarding a specific lesion, if that information can be used to improve the acute or chron...

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Published in:Texas Heart Institute journal 1995, Vol.22 (1), p.20-25
Main Authors: WHITE, C. J, RAMEE, S. R, COLLINS, T. J, MURGO, J. P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
Angioscopes
Biological and medical sciences
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary Disease - diagnosis
Coronary Disease - pathology
Diseases of the cardiovascular system
Endothelium, Vascular - pathology
Equipment Design
Graft Occlusion, Vascular - diagnosis
Graft Occlusion, Vascular - pathology
Humans
Medical sciences
Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis
Myocardial Infarction - pathology
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Recurrence
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Summary:Coronary angioscopy will not replace angiography as the gold standard for imaging atherosclerotic coronary arteries. However, there may well be a clinical niche for a technology that gives accurate information regarding a specific lesion, if that information can be used to improve the acute or chronic outcome of an interventional procedure. Our experience demonstrates that angioscopy indeed provides this information. Using angioscopy, we now have access to information regarding arterial wall disease that heretofore has been available only at necropsy. In addition, whereas angiography has provided only a 2-dimensional, gray-scale image of the coronary vessels, angioscopy offers a full-color, 3-dimensional perspective of the intracoronary surface morphology. These important lesion-specific details, not reliably available from angiography alone, may ultimately be used to improve patient outcome and to assess risk.
ISSN:0730-2347
1526-6702