Angiographic-only or intravascular ultrasound-guided approach for left-main coronary artery intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Sameer Saleem Waqas Ullah Maryam MukhtarDeepika SarvepalliSundas YounasShuaib Ahmed ArabBashar Al HemyariSalman ZahidSalik NazirTayyab CheemaTanveer Ahmad MirMohammad Abdul-Waheed

Published in: Expert review of cardiovascular therapy (2021)

IVUS-guided LMCA intervention is associated with overall improved cardiovascular outcomes than the angiography-only approach. This needs to be tested in a large randomized controlled trial.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
coronary artery
ultrasound guided
study protocol
pulmonary artery
optical coherence tomography
computed tomography
fine needle aspiration
clinical trial
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary arterial hypertension