Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging: Novel Insights into the Vascular Response After Coronary Stent Implantation.

ABSTRACT: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution imaging technique that is increasingly used for intracoronary imaging to characterize coronary atherosclerotic plaques and vascular responses after coronary stent implantation. Introduction of optical frequency-domain imaging (OFDI; second generation OCT) has simplified practical use of this novel imaging modality resulting in a more widespread availability in interventional cardiology. Here we highlight recent insights into the acute and chronic vascular response after coronary stent implantation by OCT imaging. OCT provides cross-sectional images with approximately 10-fold higher resolution as compared to intravascular-ultrasound (IVUS), allowing for precise evaluation of tissue coverage and malapposition of coronary stent struts. M

SUBMITTER: Jaguszewski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3389253 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature