Evaluation of Left Main Coronary Artery Using Optical Frequency Domain Imaging and Its Pitfalls.
Vincent RouleIdir RebouhAdrien LemaitreMathieu BignonPierre ArdouinRémi SabatierFabien LabombardaKatrien BlanchartFarzin BeyguiPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiology (2020)
OFDI can accurately evaluate the LM and detect and assess angiographically unvisualized atherosclerotic plaques providing accurate assessment of >90% of the quadrants of the LM and the ostia of its bifurcation branches. However, artifacts mainly located in the proximal LM and decreasing distally in a stepwise fashion should be considered in the interpretation of OFDI in this setting.