ReviewFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2023
The role of intravascular imaging in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.
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- Chronic Total Occlusion Recanalization in a 14-Year-Old Girl With Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum: IVUS-Guided Stentless Strategy.JACC. Case reports · 2026Article
- Clinical outcomes of drug-coated balloonsCardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2026Article
- Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Chronic Total Occlusions: Insights From Houston Methodist Chronic Total Occlusion Registry.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Observational
- Live IVUS-guided wiring in percutaneous coronary intervention: a case report.European heart journal. Case reports · 2026Article
- Intravascular Imaging-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Transforming Precision and Outcomes in Contemporary Practice.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Coronary Intravascular Imaging: A Comprehensive Review of Techniques, Applications, and Future Directions.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Comparative Impact of Coronary Imaging Strategies in CTO-PCI: A Retrospective Single-Center Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- When Functional Assessment Meets Intravascular Imaging in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025Review
- The Rise of Optical Coherent Tomography in Intracoronary Imaging: An Overview of Current Technology, Limitations, and Future Perspectives.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Recent Advances in Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- The Role of Coronary Imaging in Chronic Total Occlusions: Applications and Future Possibilities.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024Review
- Current evidence for prognostic benefit of intravascular imaging-guided percutaneous coronary intervention in chronic total occlusion intervention.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2024Review
- Bioresorbable Scaffold Use in Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions: A Long-Term, Single-Center Follow-Up Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Innovations in Intracoronary Imaging: Present Clinical Practices and Future Outlooks.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) represent the most complex subset of coronary artery disease and therefore careful planning of CTO percutaneous coronary recanalization (PCI) strategy is of paramount importance aiming to achieve procedural success, and improve patient's safety and post CTO PCI outcomes. Intravascular imaging has an essential role in facilitating CTO PCΙ. First, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), due to its higher penetration depth compared to optical coherence tomography (OCT), and the additional capacity of real-time imaging without need for contrast injection is considered the preferred imaging modality for CTO PCI. Secondly, IVUS can be used to resolve proximal cap ambiguity, facilitate wire re-entry when dissection and re-entry strategies are applied and most importantly to guide stent deployment and optimization post implantation. The role of OCT during CTO PCI is currently limited to stent sizing and optimization, however, due to its high spatial resolution, OCT is ideal for detecting stent edge dissections and strut malapposition. In this review, we describe the use of intravascular imaging for lesion crossing, plaque characterization and wire tracking, extra- or intra-plaque, and stent sizing and optimization during CTO PCI and summarize the findings of the major studies in this field.
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