Quantitative Coronary Angiography Guidance for Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation: A Narrative Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using drug-eluting stents is an established strategy for the treatment of significant obstructive coronary artery disease. Evidence supports that intravascular imaging-guided PCI offers advantages over conventional angiography-guided PCI, though its use is limited, likely due to high costs. Angiography-guided PCI relies on visual estimation, leading to inter- and intra-observer variability and suboptimal outcomes. Quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) provides reliable information about vascular dimensions, overcoming these limitations. Poststenting postdilation with appropriately sized noncompliant balloons improves outcomes by increasing lumen area and reducing stent malapposition.

Aims

We investigated the procedural de

SUBMITTER: Lee CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11650071 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature