Coronary intravascular ultrasound (IVUS): Contemporary applications and bases for the future

Lucia Barbieri; Andrea Rognoni; Gioel G. Secco; Ettore Cassetti; Alon Schaffer; Gabriella Di Giovine; Maurizio Lazzero; Angelo S. Bongo; Paolo Marino; Giuseppe De Luca; Italo Porto; Alessandro Lupi

doi:10.2174/2210684704666140526225738

Coronary intravascular ultrasound (IVUS): Contemporary applications and bases for the future

Lucia Barbieri
, Andrea Rognoni
, Gioel G. Secco
, Ettore Cassetti
, Alon Schaffer
, Gabriella Di Giovine
, Maurizio Lazzero
, Angelo S. Bongo
, Paolo Marino
, Giuseppe De Luca
, Italo Porto
, Alessandro Lupi

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Abstract

Despite the great innovations of non-invasive coronary imaging, coronary angiography still remains the gold standard for the assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD), even if with several limitations. In fact visual assessment of coronary stenosis is convenient and rapid, but often associated with large inter and intra-observer variability, above all in the setting of unstable CAD with complex lesions. Coronary intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) allows accurate tomographic assessment of the coronary lumen and wall. IVUS has several diagnostic applications and is useful for choosing the most appropriate interventional strategy as well as for optimizing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) results. The present review focuses on: (1) the role of IVUS to guide therapeutic strategies in complex lesions requiring PCI, (2) IVUS capacity to interrogate borderline coronary stenoses, (3) new perspectives and recent patents for the future of IVUS technology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6-15
Number of pages	10
Journal	Recent Patents on Medical Imaging
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2174/2210684704666140526225738
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Coronary artery disease
IVUS
Intravascular ultrasound
Percutaneous coronary intervention
Virtual histology IVUS

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