- Overview
- For Referring Physicians
- Heart and Lung Center
- Chest Pain Center
- Diagnostic Coronary Angiography
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (angioplasty)
- Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS)
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG)
- Cardiac Valve Surgery
- Endoscopic Vein Harvesting
- Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization
- Maze and Mini Maze
- Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Removal of Cardiac Tumors
- Cardiac Surgery Services
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Contact Information
Buffalo General Medical Center
100 High Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
- (716) 859-5600
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Cardiac Services
Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS)
Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) is a catheter-based system that allows physicians to acquire images of diseased vessels from inside the artery.
A miniature sound probe (transducer) on the tip of a coronary catheter is threaded through the coronary arteries and, using high-frequency sound waves, produces detailed images of the interior walls of the arteries to detect blood vessel blockages and other problems such as aneurysms.
The doctor uses IVUS to:
- View the artery from the inside out, making it possible to evaluate the amount of disease present and what it is made of
- Determine the need for further treatment (angioplasty or bypass surgery)
- Determine the need for aggressive prevention therapies before chest pain and/or other symptoms and advanced heart disease begin
The IVUS procedure takes about 60 minutes.
The following physicians perform these procedures:
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Cardiology Group of WNY Buffalo Heart Group |
Buffalo Medical Group Independent |
Northtowns Cardiology UB Cardiology |