Intravascular ultrasound, or IVUS, assists in diagnosing coronary artery disease. It creates a motion picture of the inside of your coronary arteries using high-frequency sound saves. This is performed in the cardiac cath lab, where a device called a transducer is attached to a catheter and introduced to your heart through an artery. The transducer […]
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Intracardiac Echo
An intracardiac echo, or ICE, inserts a small catheter and an ultrasound sensor into a blood vessel. The catheter and sensor are then passed into the heart and used to gather images of the heart’s internal structure. This method tends to be used to provide devices or balloons guidance when they are placed in the […]