Combination balloon-ultrasound imaging catheter for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Validation of imaging, analysis of recoil, and identification of plaque fracture.

Restenosis After Successful Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty: Serial Angiographic Follow-Up of 229 Patients

1988 • 893 citations

Intravascular ultrasound imaging: In vitro validation and pathologic correlation

1990 • 629 citations

Arterial wall characteristics determined by intravascular ultrasound imaging: An in vitro study

1989 • 610 citations

Ultrasound angioscopy: Real-time, two-dimensional, intraluminal ultrasound imaging of blood vessels

1988 • 237 citations

Percutaneous intravascular US as adjunct to catheter-based interventions: preliminary experience in patients with peripheral vascular disease.

1990 • 120 citations

Intravascular ultrasonography versus digital subtraction angiography: A human in vivo comparison of vessel size and morphology

1990 • 108 citations

Regional differences in elastic recoil after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: A quantitative angiographic study

1991 • 104 citations

Importance of balloon size in coronary angioplasty

1989 • 96 citations

Laser irradiation of human atherosclerotic obstructive disease: Simultaneous visualization and vaporization achieved by a dual fiberoptic catheter

1983 • 79 citations

Three year anatomic, functional and clinical follow-up after successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

1987 • 74 citations

Clinical applications of intravascular ultrasound imaging in atherectomy

1989 • 69 citations

The minimum error in estimating coronary luminal cross‐sectional area from cineangiographic diameter measurements

1983 • 55 citations

Angiographic patterns of balloon inflation during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: Role of pressure-diameter curves in studying distensibility and elasticity of the stenotic lesion and the mechanism of dilation

1990 • 48 citations

Angiography, angioscopy, and ultrasound imaging before and after percutaneous balloon angioplasty

1990 • 47 citations

In vivo assessment of vascular dilatation during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

1987 • 41 citations

Intraluminal ultrasound guidance of transverse laser coronary atherectomy

1989 • 32 citations

Pull-through approach to percutaneous angioplasty of totally occluded common iliac arteries.

1989 • 30 citations

Angiographic Changes Thirty Minutes Following Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

1985 • 22 citations

Initial trials of a combined ultrasound imaging/ mechanical atherectomy catheter

1990 • 21 citations

Pathology of new interventions used in the treatment of coronary heart disease

1986 • 17 citations

Inflation pressure requirements during coronary angioplasty

1990 • 14 citations

Intravascular coronary ultrasound assessment post elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

1990 • 2 citations