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Emmanouil Brilakis, MD reviews the case of a how to use OCT to guide antegrade dissection and/or re-entry during CTO PCI. REVIEW

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Hoang Thai, MD reviews the case of a 49-year-old patient admitted with an inferior STEMI. LAUNCH REVIEW

DANAMI-3 Supports FFR-Based STEMI Complete Revascularization

Heartwire from Medscape: Another randomized trial presented at EuroPCR 2015 has concluded in favor of complete revascularization in patients with STEMI. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE DANAMI-3 RESULTS

Positive Signs for OCT Guidance in PCI

TCTMD: No fewer than 3 Hot Line presentations on May 20, 2015, at EuroPCR addressed the question of how well optical coherence tomography (OCT) might inform PCI. MORE ON THE DATA FROM THESE STUDIES

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Arnold Seto, MD reviews the case of an 85-year-old patient with a history of hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and a recent NSTEMI. VIEW IMAGE REVIEW

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Arnold Seto, MD reviews the case of a 27-year-old patient with scleroderma and CREST syndrome, presenting with angina and troponin-I.  LAUNCH IMAGE REVIEW

Small Study Shows Benefit of IVUS During Endovascular Repair of Popliteal Aneurysms

Endovascular Today: A study in Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions designed to evaluate the outcomes of IVUS-directed endovascular exclusion of popliteal artery aneurysms (PAAs) using stent grafts found that use of IVUS during endovascular treatment of PAAs allows the physician to fully appreciate the anatomy of PAAs, including location and extent of thrombus burden and the diameter and location of desired landing zones for appropriate sealing of an aneurysm proximally and distally. In the study, IVUS-guided treatment was associated with excellent outcomes and no increased procedural radiation and contrast load. MORE

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Hoang M Thai, MD, FSCAI reviews optical coherence tomography of a 76-year-old male admitted with a NSTEMI. WHAT IS THE DIAGNOSIS?

Dextran Subs for Contrast in OCT with Similar Results

Cardiovascular Business: Dextran offers an inexpensive and possibly safe alternative to standard contrast dyes used in coronary optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging, according to a feasibility study published in the Nov. 1 issue of Catheterization & Coronary Interventions (CCI). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

OCT Predicted Incomplete Stent Apposition, Associated Outcomes

Cardiology Today: Optical coherence tomography demonstrated that second-generation DES show greater capacity to heal acute incomplete stent apposition than first-generation DES and can provide useful information to optimize PCI, new data concluded. Researchers of the study aimed to compare first-generation sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) with second-generation everolimus-eluting stents (EES) for the natural course of incomplete stent apposition and used OCT to assess outcomes. MORE

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Review of combined anatomic and physiologic assessment with Arnold Seto, MD, FSCAI. REVIEW

Risk Model Using FFR Predicted Deferred Lesion Intervention

Cardiology Today: A prediction model using fractional flow reserve and five clinical variables may aid clinicians in predicting risk for deferred lesion intervention during the first year after FFR assessment, according to recent findings. The researchers aimed to develop a model that predicted estimated 1-year risk for deferred lesion intervention in coronary lesions in which revascularization was not performed after assessment with FFR. MORE

OCT STEMI Trial Supports OCT Guidance in Primary PCI

Cardiac Interventions Today: Data from OCT STEMI, the first randomized trial to examine serial optical coherence tomography (OCT) in a primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), were reported today at the 26th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium. MORE

SCAI Outlines Best Uses for Intra-coronary Diagnostic Tools in Interventional Cardiology

In an expert consensus document e-published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) offers recommendations for optimal use of three technologies that interventional cardiologists often use to assess the severity of blockages in heart arteries. To ensure these technologies are applied in a manner most beneficial to patients, SCAI has issued guidance on fractional flow reserve (FFR), intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT), three tools for improved patient care, particularly for patients whose heart disease is considered complex or whose disease levels are unclear from angiography. MORE

DOWNLOAD: "Expert Consensus Statement on the Use of Fractional Flow Reserve, Intravascular Ultrasound, and Optical Coherence Tomography”

VERIFY-2 Study: FFR Remains Gold Standard Over iFR and Pd/Pa in Determining Severity of Coronary Artery Blockages

SCAI 2014: New measures of the severity of coronary artery blockages do not provide enough accuracy to guide treatment decisions, according to the results of the VERIFY-2 study presented today as a late-breaking clinical trial at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2014 Scientific Sessions in Las Vegas. MORE