Perspectives on Imaging the Left Main Coronary Artery Using Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) for significant left main coronary artery (LMCA) stenosis is increasingly being viewed as a viable alternative to Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) (1). This is leading to an expectation of increasing numbers of such procedures, with a consequent focus o...
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doaj-a89531ae3e6f468eb980c36262eadd602020-11-24T22:25:31ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine2297-055X2015-01-01110.3389/fcvm.2014.00016123629Perspectives on Imaging the Left Main Coronary Artery Using Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence TomographyHarry C Lowe0Harry C Lowe1Concord Repatriation General HospitalUniversity of SydneyPercutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) for significant left main coronary artery (LMCA) stenosis is increasingly being viewed as a viable alternative to Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) (1). This is leading to an expectation of increasing numbers of such procedures, with a consequent focus on both the ability to image both lesion severity, and assess more accurately the results of PCI. While there have been advances in physiologic assessment of left main severity using fractional flow reserve (FFR), imaging of the LMCA using Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) and more recently Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) has the specific advantage of being able to provide detailed anatomical information both pre and post PCI, such that it is timely to review briefly the current status of these two imaging technologies in the context of LMCA intervention.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcvm.2014.00016/fullCoronary AngiographyimagingOptical Coherence TomographyIntravascular ultrasoundLeft main coronary artery |
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Perspectives on Imaging the Left Main Coronary Artery Using Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography |
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Perspectives on Imaging the Left Main Coronary Artery Using Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography |
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Perspectives on Imaging the Left Main Coronary Artery Using Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography |
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Perspectives on Imaging the Left Main Coronary Artery Using Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography |
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Perspectives on Imaging the Left Main Coronary Artery Using Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography |
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perspectives on imaging the left main coronary artery using intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography |
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine |
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) for significant left main coronary artery (LMCA) stenosis is increasingly being viewed as a viable alternative to Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) (1). This is leading to an expectation of increasing numbers of such procedures, with a consequent focus on both the ability to image both lesion severity, and assess more accurately the results of PCI. While there have been advances in physiologic assessment of left main severity using fractional flow reserve (FFR), imaging of the LMCA using Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) and more recently Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) has the specific advantage of being able to provide detailed anatomical information both pre and post PCI, such that it is timely to review briefly the current status of these two imaging technologies in the context of LMCA intervention. |
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Coronary Angiography imaging Optical Coherence Tomography Intravascular ultrasound Left main coronary artery |
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