The Role of Intracoronary Imaging in Bifurcation Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Mohammed Ali Osheib
Cardiovascular Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt.
Sohail Khan
Cardiovascular Medicine Department, University of Birmingham, UK.
Raghda Ghonimy El Sheikh
Cardiovascular Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt.
Samia Mahmoud Sharaf Eldein
Cardiovascular Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt.
Ayman Mohamed Elsaeid
Cardiovascular Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt.
Magdy Mohamed Elmasry
Cardiovascular Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt.
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Abstract
In the most recent recommendations of the European Society of Cardiology and European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, both Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) are classified as class IIa for procedural optimization. In a comparison of OCT and IVUS measurement in the phantom model, OCT data corresponded to the real lumen area of the model, but IVUS readings were inflated and less repeatable.
Keywords: Optical coherence tomography, intravascular ultrasound, intracoronary imaging, coronary bifurcation, percutaneous coronary intervention