Approximately 95% of the coronary vasculature is atherosclerotic before lesions are visible by coronary angiography. Intravascular ultrasound assesses the burden of coronary atherosclerosis, as well as clarifying the anatomical and physiological characteristics of ambiguous lesions.
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