Percutaneous transluminal angioscopy of the pulmonary artery

Tomomitsu Oshima; Junichi Hirose M.D.; Michihiko Sasaki M.D.; Osamu Morizuki; Yasumi Uchida M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.146339

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28 May 1993 Percutaneous transluminal angioscopy of the pulmonary artery

Tomomitsu Oshima, Junichi Hirose M.D., Michihiko Sasaki M.D., Osamu Morizuki, Yasumi Uchida M.D.

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Proceedings Volume 1893, Optical Fibers in Medicine VIII; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.146339
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The morphologic changes of the pulmonary artery have been observed by angiography, but angiography shows only the shadows of the changes actually occurring. Recent advances in fiberscopic technology enabled us to observe the coronary artery, great vessels, cardiac chambers and the pulmonary artery by angioscopy4 We report here angioscopic features of the pulmonary artery in patients with pulmonary thromboernbolism, pulmonary hypertension and rheumatic valvular disease.

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Tomomitsu Oshima, Junichi Hirose M.D., Michihiko Sasaki M.D., Osamu Morizuki, and Yasumi Uchida M.D. "Percutaneous transluminal angioscopy of the pulmonary artery", Proc. SPIE 1893, Optical Fibers in Medicine VIII, (28 May 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.146339

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