April 1, 1995
Ver artículo completoPatterns of Calcification in Coronary Artery Disease
PICO estructurado
Does IVUS improve the detection of coronary artery calcification compared to standard angiography in patients with coronary artery disease?
P
Población
Patients with coronary artery disease
I
Intervención
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)
C
Comparador
Standard angiography
O
Resultado
Detection of coronary artery calcificationsurrogate
IVUS is significantly more sensitive than standard angiography for detecting coronary artery calcification, particularly for milder degrees of calcification.
Resumen
IVUS detected calcium in > 70% of lesions, significantly more often than standard angiography. Although angiography is moderately sensitive for the detection of extensive lesion calcium (sensitivity, 60% and 85% for three- and four-quadrant calcium, respectively), it is less sensitive for the presence of milder degrees.
Cite This Study
Mintz et al. (Sat,) studied this question.