Is Routine Postdilation During Angiography-Guided Stent Implantation as Good as Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance?: An Analysis Using Data From IVUS-XPL and ULTIMATE.
Yong-Joon LeeJun-Jie ZhangGary S MintzSung Jin HongChul-Min AhnJung-Sun KimByeong-Keuk KimYoung-Guk KoDoonghoon ChoiYang Soo JangJing KanTao PanXiaofei GaoZhen GeShao-Liang ChenMeyong-Ki HongPublished in: Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions (2022)
In patients undergoing long drug-eluting stent implantation, IVUS-guided postdilation was associated with improved long-term clinical outcomes, unlike angiography-guided postdilation.