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Does angioscopy predict early adverse outcome after PTCA better than angiography in patients with unstable angina and non-Q-wave myocardial infarction?
Does angioscopy predict early adverse outcome after PTCA better than angiography in patients with unstable angina and non-Q-wave myocardial infarction?
Angioscopy is superior to angiography in predicting early adverse outcomes after PTCA in patients with unstable angina and non-Q-wave myocardial infarction.
Angioscopy may better predict early adverse outcomes after PTCA than angiography; leaves open whether adoption improves management in unstable angina.
In patients with unstable angina and non-Q-wave infarction, angioscopic features of disruption, yellow color, or thrombus at the culprit lesion site can identify patients at high risk of early adverse outcome after PTCA. Angioscopy was superior to angiography for prediction of PTCA outcome.
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