Imaging catheters should be part of most coronary stent procedures and probably all complex cases, advocates say. Several new studies strengthen their case.
South Korea: PCI using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and by experienced operators was independently associated with reduced long-term risks of target vessel myocardial infarction (TVMI) or cardiac.
Optical coherence tomography (OCT)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) leads to a larger minimum stent area but does not reduce the two-year rate of target vessel failure compared with angiography-guided PCI, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2023.