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IVUS/OCT for decision making between provisional and two-stent strategy?

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IVUS/OCT for decision making between provisional and two-stent strategy?

Author: Wim J. van der Giessen, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam

 

SUMMARY

  • OCT confirms shear stress related theory of early development of lesions
  • IVUS provides important additional information
  • Medina angiographic classification is limited to guide a priori therapeutic strategy
  • A NORDIC type of study, including routine IVUS examination pre-intervention, seems a useful approach

 

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