Angioscopes

PURPOSE Nosocomial transmission of viral hepatitis and retrovirus infection has been reported. The expected risk is greatest for… (More)

OBJECTIVES To assess whether the use of video-assisted angioscopy would increase the outcome of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy… (More)

OBJECTIVES We validated coronary angioscopic observations with histologic assessment of material removed by atherectomy… (More)

This study was undertaken to observe coronary thrombus formation serially from an antegrade perspective by means of a new thin… (More)

BACKGROUND To establish a histopathologic basis for angioscopic and ultrasound image interpretation we studied 70 postmortem… (More)

A new angioscope was devised for easier visualization of the coronary artery. In its tip, the angioscope (Olympus) with an outer… (More)

A new percutaneous transluminal coronary angioscopic catheter has been developed for visualization of the coronary artery. A… (More)

A new high-speed rotary atherectomy device, inserted over a guide wire and directed with an angioscope, offers the potential of… (More)

To visualize intracoronary lesions in patients with different clinical expressions of coronary disease, we performed coronary… (More)

Coronary angioscopy should permit direct inspection of the luminal cross section and identification of disease. The feasibility… (More)