Clinical use of intracoronary imaging. Part 2: acute coronary syndromes, ambiguous coronary angiography findings, and guiding interventional decision-making: an expert consensus document of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions: Endorsed by the Chinese Society of Cardiology, the Hong Kong Society of Transcatheter Endocardiovascular Therapeutics (HKSTENT) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

Thomas Johnson, Lorenz Räber, Carlo Di Mario, et al.

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Abstract

This consensus document is the second of two reports summarizing the views of an expert panel organized by the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) on the clinical use of intracoronary imaging including intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), optical coherence tomography (OCT), and near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-IVUS. Beyond guidance of stent selection and optimization of deployment, invasive imaging facilitates angiographic interpretation and may guide treatment in acute coronary syndrome. Intravascular imaging can provide additional important diagnostic information when confronted with angiographically ambiguous lesions and allows assessment of plaque morphology enabling identification of vulnerability characteristics. This second document focuses on useful imaging features to identify culprit and vulnerable coronary plaque, which offers the interventional cardiologist guidance on when to adopt an intracoronary imaging-guided approach to the treatment of coronary artery disease and provides an appraisal of intravascular imaging-derived metrics to define the haemodynamic significance of coronary lesions.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberehz332
Pages (from-to)2566-2584
Number of pages19
JournalEuropean Heart Journal
Volume40
Issue number31
Early online date21 May 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Aug 2019

Keywords

  • percutaneous coronary intervention
  • intravascular imaging
  • intravascular ultrasound
  • optical coherence tomography
  • acute coronary syndrome

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