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Does OCT-defined suboptimal stent implantation and residual intrastent plaque/thrombus protrusion increase adverse outcomes in acute coronary syndrome patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention?
Does OCT-defined suboptimal stent implantation and residual intrastent plaque/thrombus protrusion increase adverse outcomes in acute coronary syndrome patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention?
Suboptimal stent implantation and residual plaque/thrombus protrusion detected by OCT are associated with adverse outcomes in ACS patients undergoing PCI.
Should not yet change PCI practice; leaves open whether OCT optimization trials improve ACS outcomes.
In this retrospective study of acute coronary syndrome patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, a composite of OCT-defined suboptimal stent implantation characteristics at the culprit lesion and residual intrastent plaque/thrombus protrusion was associated with adverse outcome.
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Prati et al. (2016) studied this question.
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