| Literature DB >> 29650398 |
Yongcheol Kim1, Thomas W Johnson2, Takashi Akasaka3, Myung Ho Jeong4.
Abstract
In recent years, intravascular imaging-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been increasing in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, the role of optical coherence tomography (OCT) has not been established in the setting of AMI despite OCT providing superior resolution (10μm axial resolution) and facilitating assessment of baseline lesion characteristics and post-intervention evaluation of the acute result of stent implantation, including visualization of procedural dissections, malapposition, tissue prolapse, and thrombus. We provide an overview of the potential benefits of OCT-guidance in various situations of AMI.Entities:
Keywords: Myocardial infarction; Optical coherence tomography; Percutaneous coronary intervention
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29650398 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2018.03.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Cardiol ISSN: 0914-5087 Impact factor: 3.159