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Table 2 Echocardiographic approach to coronary arteries.

From: Ultrasound imaging versus morphopathology in cardiovascular diseases. Coronary atherosclerotic plaque

Technique

% success

Image quality

Anatomic information (plaque)

Functional information (flow)

Transtoracic

20

±

±

±

Transesophageal

80

+

+

++

Epicardic

90

++

++

-

Intracoronary

95

+++

+++

-

  1. - = poor; + = sufficient; ++ = good; +++ = very good
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