Optical Coherence Tomography and Stent Boost Imaging Guided Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Overlapping for Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Lesion.

We report herein the optical coherence tomography (OCT) and stent boost imaging guided bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) implantation for right coronary artery (RCA) chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesion. The gold standard for evaluating BVS expansion after percutaneous coronary intervention is OCT. However, stent boost imaging is a new technique that improves fluoroscopy-based assessments of stent overlapping, and the present case shows clinical usefulness of OCT and stent boost imaging guided 'overlapping' BVS implantation via antegrade approach for a typical RCA CTO lesion. PMID: 28792157 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28792157?dopt=Abstract

Source: Yonsei Medical Journal - August 10, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Li H, Rha SW, Choi CU, Oh DJ Tags: Yonsei Med J Source Type: research

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