Clinical utility of intravascular ultrasonography-guided therapy in a small-vessel coronary lesion associated with Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Anatolian Journal of Cardiology
Lin LiLian-Qun Cui

Abstract

It is unknown whether the intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) should be routinely used in small-vessel coronary lesions in patients affected by Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study aimed to assess the clinical significance of the IVUS-guided PCI treatment for small-vessel coronary lesions in T2DM. This was a prospective interventional trial. A total of 228 patients affected by T2DM with stable angina and a positive stress test in the presence of coronary arteriography (CAG) involving small vessels [online measurement reference vessel diameter ≤3.0 mm by means of quantitative coronary angiography (QCA)] were recruited and divided into two groups: an IVUS-guided group (n=120) and a CAG-guided group (n=108). Follow-up PCIs were performed via CAG or IVUS criteria, respectively. Between-group comparisons were made for the number of stents implanted, length, diameter, and high-pressure balloons used post-dilatation. Major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) defined as cardiac death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and target lesion revascularization (TLR) were the primary endpoint. The value of late lumen loss and proportion of in-stent restenosis (ISR) were the secondary endpoint, ...Continue Reading

Methods Mentioned

BETA
coronary artery bypass
ISA

Software Mentioned

Angio
[UNK]
SPSS
- Cardiovascular Measurement System
QCA

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