An ultrasonic diagnostic system according to the present invention has an
ultrasonic transducer mounted on a catheter, an instantaneous distortion
value calculator which calculates an instantaneous distortion value at
the location to be evaluated in the blood vessel based on received signal
representative of received reflection by the ultrasonic transducer, an
analyzer which analyzes a state of the location to be evaluated using
time-series data of instantaneous distortion values which are calculated
at a plurality of times in a chronological sequence by the distortion
value calculator, and a display which displays an analyzed result
produced by the analyzer.