Comparison of early outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention for unprotected left main coronary artery disease in the drug-eluting stent era with versus without intravascular ultrasonic guidance.
The aim of this study was to assess the short- and mid-term clinical impact of intravascular ultrasound guidance in 58 patients referred for elective percutaneous treatment of unprotected left main coronary artery disease with drug-eluting stents. The use of intravascular ultrasound, used in 41% of the procedures, was not associated with additional clinical benefit with respect to angiographic-assisted stent deployment.
Agostoni
Pierfrancesco
P
Erasmus Medical Center, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Valgimigli
Marco
M
Van Mieghem
Carlos A G
CA
Rodriguez-Granillo
Gaston A
GA
Aoki
Jiro
J
Ong
Andrew T L
AT
Tsuchida
Keiichi
K
McFadden
Eugène P
EP
Ligthart
Jurgen M
JM
Smits
Pieter C
PC
de Jaegere
Peter
P
Sianos
George
G
Van der Giessen
Willem J
WJ
De Feyter
Pim
P
Serruys
Patrick W
PW
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional