EBC - ON DEMAND
Coronary artery bifurcation hypothesis – generating concepts utilising 3D OCT
European Bifurcation Club 2011, EBC 2011 – Lisbon, Portugal
OCT Session
Coronary artery bifurcation hypothesis – generating concepts utilising 3D OCT
Author: Patrick W. Serruys, MD, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands
CONCLUSION
- In both in-vitro and in-vivo, 3-D OCT reconstruction is feasible to evaluate bifurcations.
- The potential for the clinical application of 3D FD-OCT as a complementary tool to 2D imaging is demonstrated.
- A reassessment of the understanding of 2D FD-OCT imaging may be warranted in light of the 3D findings.
- Real-time, instantaneous, high-resolution 3D FD-OCT, with the addition of quantitative and possible tissue characterization properties, are required from industry to validate and apply this technology in conventional PCI practice.
- This may aid in the further understanding of the complexities of the coronary bifurcation.