Incidence and Clinical Correlates of Ruptured Plaques in Saphenous Vein Grafts
An Intravascular Ultrasound Study
Jerzy Pregowski, MD*,
Pawel Tyczynski, MD*,
Gary S. Mintz, MD
,
Sang-Wook Kim, MD*,
Adam Witkowski, MD
,
Ron Waksman, MD*,
Augusto Pichard, MD*,
Lowell Satler, MD*,
Kenneth Kent, MD, PhD*,
Mariusz Kruk, MD*,
Szymon Bieganski, MD*,
Patrick Ohlmann, MD* and
Neil J. Weissman, MD*,*
* Cardiovascular Research Institute/Medstar Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.

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Figure 1 Intravascular ultrasound illustrations of plaque rupture with corresponding angiograms in five different patients (A and B).
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