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.
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.
Prati et al. (Thu,) studied this question.