Amsterdam, Netherlands – 27 Aug 2023: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) guided by optical coherence tomography (OCT) reduces adverse cardiac events in patients with bifurcation lesions, ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a newer intravascular imaging modality that has enhanced resolution compared to IVUS. During Hot Line session 4 at ESC Congress 2023, two randomised trials of OCT ...

PARIS, France—Patients with calcified lesions undergoing PCI can benefit from an OCT-based strategy for lesion preparation and stent optimization, achieving greater minimum stent area (MSA) than with ...

Data regarding clinical outcomes after optical coherence tomography (OCT)–guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as compared with angiography-guided PCI are limited. In this prospective, ...

An “optical biopsy” of intravascular plaque during stenting is more effective at reducing the rate of restenosis or thrombosis in people with moderately or severely calcified lesions than angiography ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an efficient, noninvasive method for detecting the depths of lesions caused by demineralization, according a study in Brazilian Oral Research (September/October ...

Amsterdam, Netherlands – 27 Aug 2023: Intravascular imaging-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with a lower rate of target lesion failure compared with angiography-guided ...