Association between angiographic and intravascular ultrasound optimizations after new-generation drug-eluting stent implantation and clinical outcomes

Conclusion Despite meeting angiographic optimization criteria in long or CTO lesions, more than one-third of the patients with IVUS-guided new-generation DES implantation failed to meet the IVUS optimization criteria and had worse clinical outcomes. Therefore, IVUS optimization should be considered for patients who had predictors of mismatch.
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - Category: Cardiology Tags: Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI) Source Type: research