Optical coherence tomography: guided primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction. A bridge too far? | Zendy

Igor Kranjec | Zendy; Blaž Mrevlje | Zendy; Jacek Legutko | Zendy; Dariusz Dudek | Zendy

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Optical coherence tomography: guided primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction. A bridge too far?

Author(s) -

Igor Kranjec,

Blaž Mrevlje,

Jacek Legutko,

Dariusz Dudek

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

kardiologia polska

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 1897-4279

pISSN - 0022-9032

DOI - 10.5603/kp.a2015.0027

Subject(s) - medicine , optical coherence tomography , percutaneous coronary intervention , conventional pci , myocardial infarction , acute coronary syndrome , percutaneous , radiology , cardiology

Copyright © Polskie Towarzystwo Kardiologiczne (~10–50 μm). Furthermore, the excellent resolution of OCT imaging makes it possible to visualise plaque characteristics only reported by histopathological studies in vivo [3]. Therefore, the aim of our review was to describe the current status of coronary intravascular OCT imaging with particular emphasis on acute MI patients. Has the prime time for routine OCT imaging to guide effectively primary PCI arrived yet?

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