Intravascular ultrasound imaging in evaluation of aortic stiffness: A proof-of-concept study.

Niya Boykova Mileva Dobrin Iotkov Vassilev

Published in: Cardiology journal (2021)

Intravascular ultrasound examination of the ascending aorta provided larger diameters than the ones collected by means of TTE. However, IVUS measurements did not differ significantly from diameters derived by CT aortography.

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