Feasibility of intravascular ultrasound studies: predictors of imaging success before coronary interventions

Clinical Cardiology
F AlfonsoCarlos Macaya

Abstract

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is currently used to study lesions during transcatheter coronary therapy. However, before dilation some lesions cannot be reached or crossed with the imaging catheter. This study seeks to elucidate which factors determine the feasibility of IVUS examination before coronary interventions. Accordingly, 100 consecutive patients undergoing IVUS examination before coronary angioplasty were prospectively studied. The clinical and angiographic characteristics of 77 patients with a successful IVUS study (Group A) were compared with those of 23 patients in whom IVUS was attempted but the target lesion could not be interrogated (Group B). The echogenic characteristics of the target lesion [before (n = 77) or after intervention (in 18 patients in Group B)] were also studied. Patients in Group B were significantly older (62 +/- 7 vs. 57 +/- 10 years, p < 0.05) and more frequently had stable angina [8 (35%) vs. 9 (11%), p < 0.05]. The distribution of lesions within the coronary tree and angiographic lesion characteristics including length, eccentricity, calcification, bend location, and the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association classification were similar in both groups. However, proximal ...Continue Reading

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Oct 3, 1999·Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions : Official Journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions·N BruiningP W Serruys
Jun 8, 2000·Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions : Official Journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions·F AlfonsoC Macaya

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