IVUS guidance or not for ULM bifurcation stenosis
European Bifurcation Club 2011 – EBC 2011 – Lisbon, Portugal
Left Main Session
IVUS guidance or not for ULM bifurcation stenosis
Author: Dr. Pascal MOTREFF, Cardiology Department University Hospital Clermont-Ferrand, FRANCE
CONCLUSION
IVUS or OCT guidance in LM stenting
- Could be helpful
- most complex lesions or ambiguities
- subobtimal immediate angiographic result
- assessment of new dedicated stents
- Not in routine…
- IVUS guidance is not mandatory in LM stenting but
- Use of knowledge from endoconary imaging are essential to improve our angiographic vision