Colour coded blood flow imaging in intravascular ultrasound

A 42 year old man was admitted to our hospital with sudden chest pain. The exercise ECG showed inferior ST segment depression suggesting ischaemia. Coronary angiography revealed a normal left coronary artery and severe proximal stenosis of the right coronary artery. The patient underwent direct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with coronary stent–graft implantation. …