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How to Use OCT to Optimize PCI?

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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become an important catheter-based imaging technology that can be used as a practical guidance for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). OCT gives us detailed information about planning of interventional strategies including device selection. After stent deployment, OCT also shows us the condition of stent implantation which is important for preventing future cardiovascular events. In addition, recent advances in OCT-related software, such as lumen profile display, automatic stent strut detection, OCT/angiography co-registration, and three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction, facilitate image interpretation and the ease of its application. This chapter focuses on the practical use of OCT during PCI procedures.

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Kume, T., Uemura, S. (2020). How to Use OCT to Optimize PCI?. In: Jang, IK. (eds) Cardiovascular OCT Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25711-8_8

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