Another study, this one a large registry analysis from Korea with long-term follow-up, has provided support for use of IVUS-guided PCI in patients with acute myocardial infarction. After 4 years, ...

With respect to prevention of important clinical events, including cardiac death, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) under optical coherence tomography (OCT) guidance performs similarly to PCI ...

WASHINGTON, DC – A new study found that intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) -guided intervention in patients with chronic total occlusion (CTO) could improve outcomes compared to a conventional ...

CAD, coronary artery disease, stent, atherosclerosis, angiogram, angiography IVUS-guided DES implantation resulted in a lower incidence of target-vessel failure at 12 months for patients undergoing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “There have been no head-to-head, outcome-based clinical trials that compare imaging vs. physiology guidance in ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Among patients who underwent PCI for long lesions, IVUS-based guidance was associated with better outcomes than angiography-based guidance at 5 years, according to new data from the ...

ATLANTA -- The use of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute coronary syndromes resulted in better outcomes compared with ...

In the first large, randomized head-to-head comparison of two methods of evaluating patients' need for a stent in their coronary artery, patients who were evaluated using a technique that measures ...

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided stent implantation yielded significantly lower rates of major adverse cardiac events up to 5 years, compared with angiographic guidance, research suggests. The ...

Enrolling 3,349 patients, the IVUS sub-study is part of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's (CRF) ADAPT-DES study (Assessment of Dual AntiPlatelet Therapy with Drug-Eluting Stents), a prospective ...

In the first large, randomized head-to-head comparison of two methods of evaluating patients’ need for a stent in their coronary artery, patients who were evaluated using a technique that measures ...