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- This study investigates the connection between coronary artery disease patterns, assessed using optical coherence tomography (OCT), and outcomes after stent implantation in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
- 102 patients were analyzed, revealing that those with focal coronary artery disease had larger minimum stent areas and lower rates of stent malapposition compared to those with diffuse disease.
- Findings indicate that the type of coronary disease impacts post-PCI imaging outcomes, suggesting that OCT can be a valuable tool for understanding these relationships.
Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) patterns play an essential role in the decision-making process about revascularization. The pullback pressure gradient (PPG) quantifies CAD patterns as either focal or diffuse based on fractional flow reserve (FFR) pullbacks. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of CAD patterns on acute percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) results considered surrogates of clinical outcomes.
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