An “optical biopsy” of intravascular plaque during stenting is more effective at reducing the rate of restenosis or thrombosis in people with moderately or severely calcified lesions than angiography ...

Imaging-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with better clinical outcomes than angiography-guided PCI. Whether routine optical coherence tomography (OCT) guidance in PCI of ...

Data regarding clinical outcomes after optical coherence tomography (OCT)–guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as compared with angiography-guided PCI are limited. In this prospective, ...

VANCOUVER, Canada — Optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography can help predict which eyes affected by age-related macular degeneration are most likely to develop exudation, research shows. The ...

PARIS, France—Patients with calcified lesions undergoing PCI can benefit from an OCT-based strategy for lesion preparation and stent optimization, achieving greater minimum stent area (MSA) than with ...

PARIS, France—In patients with ACS and complex lesions, the incidence of adverse events is lower when OCT rather than angiography is used to guide PCI, according to a subanalysis of the OCCUPI trial.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . OCT-guided PCI conferred greater minimal stent area vs. angiography-guided PCI in the CALPISO trial. OCT-guided ...

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a leading-edge imaging technology that is transforming medical diagnostics and research. It provides high-resolution cross-sectional images of biological tissues, ...