Decision-Making During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Guided by Optical Coherence Tomography: Insights From the LightLab Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Use of intracoronary imaging is associated with improved outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Yet, the impact of intracoronary imaging on real-time physician decision-making during PCI is not fully known.

Methods

The LightLab Initiative is a multicenter, prospective, observational study designed to characterize the use of a standardized optical coherence tomography (OCT) workflow during PCI. Participating physicians performed pre-PCI and post-PCI OCT in accordance with this workflow and operator assessments of lesion characteristics and treatment plan were recorded for each lesion based on angiography alone and following OCT. Physicians were categorized as having low (n=15), intermediate (n=13), or high (n=14) OCT use in the ye

SUBMITTER: Bergmark B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9648988 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature