1.Clinical Application of Angioscopy in the Field of Cardiovascular Surgery.
Yoshihiko TSUJI ; Masayoshi OKADA ; Masato MORIMOTO ; Masato YOSHIDA ; Hiroshi SATO ; Toshiaki OTA ; Yuuhei HOSOKAWA ; Shinichiro YAMAMOTO ; Kazuo NAKAMURA
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 1991;20(9):1489-1493
Direct observation of the intravascular atherosclerotic change provides many diagnostic information and supports successful vascular surgery. Angioscopic inspections were performed in the 23 patients who underwent laser angioplasty for the peripheral arteries and 7 patients with aorto-coronary bypass surgery in this study. Useful images could be obtained in 19 (83%) of 23 observations in the peripheral arteries, and the successful rates of angioscopic observation were influenced by the diameter and the degree of kinking of each vessel. On the other hand, intraoperative observation of coronary artery with angioscope could be performed easily in all cases. From these findings, intraoperative application of angioscopy was considered to be useful procedure for the cardiovascular surgery.
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