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Echocardiographic approach to coronary arteries. |
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| Technique |
% success |
Image quality |
Anatomic information (plaque) |
Functional information (flow) |
|
|
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| Transtoracic |
20 |
± |
± |
± |
| Transesophageal |
80 |
+ |
+ |
++ |
| Epicardic |
90 |
++ |
++ |
- |
| Intracoronary |
95 |
+++ |
+++ |
- |
|
- = poor; + = sufficient; ++ = good; +++ = very good | ||||
Baroldi et al. Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2004 2:29 doi:10.1186/1476-7120-2-29 |
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