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Better Is the Evolution of Good: How IVUS and OCT Have Transformed PCI

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

We seek to provide a focused appraisal of the most recent outcomes data for intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Recent Findings

There are multiple randomized control trials and meta-analyses investigating the effects of these two intravascular imaging (IVI) modalities on clinical decision-making and long-term clinical outcomes in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). While the effects of IVUS have been studied for decades, OCT is a newer form of IVI with less experience and data on its use in clinical practice.

Summary

IVUS-guided PCI has beneficial effects on mortality, stent thrombosis, target lesion/target vessel revascularization, and major adverse cardiac events when compared to angiography alone. While less data exists for OCT-guided PCI, early studies suggest it is at least non-inferior to IVUS for many of the same outcomes. However, future investigations should focus on how clinical outcomes are changed by these two IVI modalities when compared head-to-head.

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Abbreviations

ACCF:

American College of Cardiology Foundation

AHA:

American Heart Association

BMS:

Bare metal stent

CTO:

Chronic total occlusion

DES:

Drug-eluting stent

IVI:

Intravascular imaging

IVUS:

Intravascular ultrasound

MA:

Meta-analysis

MACE:

Major adverse cardiac events

MI:

Myocardial infarction

OCT:

Optical coherence tomography

PCI:

Percutaneous coronary intervention

RCT:

Randomized control trial

SCAI:

Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions

ST:

Stent thrombosis

STEMI:

ST-elevation myocardial infarction

TLR:

Target lesion revascularization

TVF:

Target vessel failure

TVR:

Target vessel revascularization

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    Erik J. Simon

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  3. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

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Simon, E.J., Ziccardi, M.R., Dickens, H. et al. Better Is the Evolution of Good: How IVUS and OCT Have Transformed PCI. Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep 13, 24 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12410-020-09544-0

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