Tariq Ashraf, Nadeem Qamar, Nawaz Lashari, Asad Ullah Kundi.
Local experience of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in intermediate coronary artery lesions.
Pak J Cardiol Jan ;16(1):41-4.

Objective: To evaluate intermediate lesions by Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for its severity. Design: Observational study. Place and duration of study: Patients undergoing coronary angiography at catheterization laboratory, National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Karachi, in the period between 01-01-2000 to 15-03-2001. Methods: Seventeen patients with intermediate coronary artery lesions with interobserver discrepancy underwent IVUS study. Results: Out of seventeen patients with intermediate lesions, 70% had LAD (Left Anterier Descending) Lesions 24% had RCA (Right Coronary Artery) and 6% had Cx (Left Circumflex Artery) lesion. IVUS showed severe lesion in all the patients. Conclusion: IVUS revealed that intermediate lesions visualized by coronary angiography had severe lesions.

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