Should Intravascular Imaging Be Almost Routine in PCI?
Imaging catheters should be part of most coronary stent procedures and probably all complex cases, advocates say. Several new studies strengthen their case.
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Imaging catheters should be part of most coronary stent procedures and probably all complex cases, advocates say. Several new studies strengthen their case.
The two types of imaging catheter, as guides for coronary stent targeting and deployment, led to similar clinical outcomes in the OCTIVUS trial. A meta-analysis backed it up.
The new document helps rectify an occasional but familiar problem: the society's 2021 guideline was out of date almost as soon as it hit the presses.
The guideline task force says STEMI and non-ST elevation ACS represent a spectrum, and after the initial triage and management decisions, most of the remaining care follows a common pathway.
A short course of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, anakinra, appeared safe but did not reduce complications of acute myocarditis in the ARAMIS trial.