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Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a promising new technique for assessing vascular morphology and structure. Controversy exists whether the three-layer appearance of the arterial wall correctly reflects the histologic structures of the intima, media, and adventitia. We performed an experimental study to clarify the three-layer appearance. The vessel wall architecture was analyzed by IVUS on eight different kinds of plastic cylinders, 24 normal blood vessels from pigs, and 59 human arterial segments. A distinct three-layer appearance was observed on all the plastic cylinders when the ultrasound beam was perpendicular to the wall. A three-layer appearance was also seen in the arterial wall, in the muscular (iliac, femoral artery) and elastic types (aorta), when the echo beam was perpendicular to the vessel wall. The three-layer pattern was even observed on the arterial wall when the intima was removed. Furthermore, the removed intima itself provided a three-layer image. Histologic examination showed that there was no correspondence between the IVUS three-layer appearance and the intima, media, and adventitia. Moreover, we also performed IVUS on nine patients who suffered from aortic dissection. Intravascular ultrasonic visualization of the dissected intima showed a distinct three-layer pattern. The pattern disappeared when: (1) the echo beam was not perpendicular to the vessel wall; (2) there was connective tissue around the vessel wall; (3) there was arterial wall calcification; or (4) the vessel wall was too thick or the distance between the ultrasound transducer and the vessel wall was too large.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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