IVUS-guided PCI is associated with a lower in-hospital mortality risk but slightly higher costs and complication rates than angiography, according to a study published online February 19, 2015, ahead ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients receiving PCI with a drug-eluting stent, use of IVUS was associated with better CV outcomes, both ...

SAN DIEGO, CA—IVUS-guided implantation of drug-eluting stents results in lower rates of target vessel failure (TVF) by 1 year compared to angiography-guided procedures, according to results from a new ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At 3 years, among the 1,423 patients for whom data were available, TVF, defined as cardiac death, target vessel ...

ORLANDO, FL – A strategy of using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to guide the implantation of an everolimus-eluting stent (Xience Prime, Abbott Vascular) for long lesions resulted in a significant ...

LONDON, UK — The use of fractional flow reserve (FFR) or intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) during PCI is not associated with improved long-term mortality rates when compared with standard ...

In the first large, randomized head-to-head comparison of two methods of evaluating patients’ need for a stent in their coronary artery, patients who were evaluated using a technique that measures ...

For stenting decisions in intermediate coronary stenosis, fractional flow reserve (FFR) guidance led to outcomes that were similar to those with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance, but with more ...

Using intravascular imaging to guide stent implantation during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in heart disease patients significantly improves survival and reduces adverse cardiovascular ...

Using intravascular imaging to guide stent implantation during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in heart disease patients significantly improves survival and reduces adverse cardiovascular ...