Comparison of early outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention for unprotected left main coronary artery disease in the drug-eluting stent era with versus without intravascular ultrasonic guidance

Pierfrancesco Agostoni; Marco Valgimigli; Carlos A G Van Mieghem; Gaston A Rodriguez-Granillo; Jiro Aoki; Andrew T L Ong; Keiichi Tsuchida; Eugène P McFadden; Jurgen M Ligthart; Pieter C Smits; Peter de Jaegere; George Sianos; Willem J Van der Giessen; Pim De Feyter; Patrick W Serruys

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.10.042

Comparison of early outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention for unprotected left main coronary artery disease in the drug-eluting stent era with versus without intravascular ultrasonic guidance

Am J Cardiol. 2005 Mar 1;95(5):644-7. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.10.042.

Authors

Pierfrancesco Agostoni¹, Marco Valgimigli, Carlos A G Van Mieghem, Gaston A Rodriguez-Granillo, Jiro Aoki, Andrew T L Ong, Keiichi Tsuchida, Eugène P McFadden, Jurgen M Ligthart, Pieter C Smits, Peter de Jaegere, George Sianos, Willem J Van der Giessen, Pim De Feyter, Patrick W Serruys

Affiliation

¹ Erasmus Medical Center, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 15721110
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.10.042

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the short- and mid-term clinical impact of intravascular ultrasound guidance in 58 patients referred for elective percutaneous treatment of unprotected left main coronary artery disease with drug-eluting stents. The use of intravascular ultrasound, used in 41% of the procedures, was not associated with additional clinical benefit with respect to angiographic-assisted stent deployment.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
Chi-Square Distribution
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Disease / therapy*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Proportional Hazards Models
Risk Factors
Stents*
Survival Analysis
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography, Interventional*