Seeing is believing: The use of intravascular ultrasound to diagnose left main coronary artery compression

Nachiket J Patel^{1

2}, Richard R Heuser^{1

3}

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Nachiket J Patel et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;98(4):701-702.

doi: 10.1002/ccd.29902.

Nachiket J Patel^{1

2}, Richard R Heuser^{1

3}

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Clinical relevance of adding intravascular ultrasound to coronary angiography for the diagnosis of extrinsic left main coronary artery compression by a pulmonary artery aneurysm in pulmonary hypertension.
Velázquez Martín M, Montero Cabezas JM, Huertas S, Nuche J, Albarrán A, Delgado JF, Alonso S, Sarnago F, Arribas F, Escribano Subias P. Velázquez Martín M, et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Oct;98(4):691-700. doi: 10.1002/ccd.29194. Epub 2020 Aug 13. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021. PMID: 32790221

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