Intravascular ultrasound identification of calcified intraluminal lesions misdiagnosed as thrombi by coronary angiography

Am Heart J. 1996 Sep;132(3):687-9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-8703(96)90256-2.

Authors

G R Duissaillant¹, G S Mintz, A D Pichard, K M Kent, L F Satler, J J Popma, J Griffin, M B Leon

Affiliation

¹ Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA.

PMID: 8800043
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8703(96)90256-2

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Angiography*
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
Diagnostic Errors
Female
Humans
Male
Ultrasonography, Interventional*