THE EVOLVING UTILITY OF INTRACORONARY ULTRASOUND

We conclude that IVUS imaging has become a method for supporting interventional decision making in our laboratory. By selecting patients for IVUS imaging who are undergoing stent placement, DCA, and laser angioplasty, and who have coronary angiographic lesions of uncertain severity, there has been an increase in the clinical utility of IVUS imaging in our laboratory. © 1995 Excerpta Medica, Inc. All rights reserved under the United States, International, and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.