Intravascular ultrasound-guided drug-eluting stent implantation.
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a reliable imaging tool to guide percutaneous coronary intervention. There has been increasing evidence supporting the clinical utility of IVUS-guided drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, including randomized trials, observational studies, and meta-analyses of both. IVUS provides cross-sectional views of the coronary artery wall, and allows us to assess stenosis severity, identify plaque morphology, optimize stent implantation, and understand mechanism of stent failure. IVUS guidance can increase DES efficacy and decrease clinical events. In this review article, we summarize available evidence on IVUS-guided DES implantation.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan. t-kadohira@mua.biglobe.ne.jp.
Tadayuki
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-7004
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Kadohira
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan.
Yoshio
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Kobayashi
D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D006801:Humans; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*
Drug-eluting stent; Intravascular ultrasound; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Restenosis; Stent thrombosis