Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With and Without Intravascular Ultrasound for Patients With Complex Lesions: Utilization, Mortality, and Target Vessel Revascularization.
Edward L HannanYe ZhongPavan K V ReddyAlice K JacobsFrederick S K LingSpencer B King IiiPeter B BergerFerdinand J VendittiGary WalfordJacqueline E Tamis-HollandPublished in: Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions (2022)
Utilization of IVUS for complex lesions has increased but contemporary rates remain low, and there are large inter-hospital variations. The use of IVUS for complex lesions was associated with lower risk of medium-term mortality and target vessel revascularization.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- cardiovascular events
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- acute myocardial infarction
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- healthcare
- risk factors
- coronary artery
- atrial fibrillation
- emergency department
- heart failure
- computed tomography
- coronary artery bypass
- left ventricular
- contrast enhanced ultrasound