简介：Commonpracticedictatestheperformanceofpercutaneouscoronaryinterventionunderconventionalangiographicguidance.Withstudiessuggestingthehighincidenceofintraobservervariability,especiallyinangiographicborderlinelesions,newmodalitiessuchasintravascularultrasound(IVUS)guidanceduringpercutaneouscoronaryinterventionhavesurfaced.MultiplestudieshaveshownimprovedoutcomeswithIVUSguidance,mainlydrivenbyadecreaseinischemia-driventargetlesionrevascularization.Inthepasttwodecades,amultitudeofstudieshaveinvestigatedtheusesandclinicaloutcomesassociatedwiththistechnology.Inthisreview,wehighlighttheutility,advantages,economicimplications,andclinicaloutcomesofIVUSguidanceoverstandardangiographicguidance,withemphasisondataastheypertaintoIVUS-guidedstentimplantation.

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简介：BackgroundThepresenceofachronictotalocclusion(CTO)inanon-infarct-relatedarterymightbeassociatedwithaworseprognosisinlongtermbenefitforST-segmentelevationmyocardialinfarction(STEIMI)patients.Butitstillremaincontroversial.MethodsAll383STEMIpatientsunderwentpercutaneousintervention(PCI)fromJan2015toJan2017inourcenterwereenrolledinthisprospectivestudy.Baselinecharacteristics,medicalhistory,biochemicalfindings,echocardiographicandangiographicparameters,proceduresperformedandcomplicationswererecorded.FactorsrelatedtoworseoutcomeCTOinSTEMIpatientswereanalyzedbythecoxlogisticregressionanalysisforthehazardrate(HR).ResultsInatotalof383patientsenrolledinthisstudy,85caseshadCTOinatleast1coronaryartery.Themeanfollow-upwas352days.1-yearmortalityandMACEratesinpatientswithCTOwere18.8%and11.8%,respectively.Majoradversecardiacevents(MACE)duringfollow-upweresignificantlyhigherinpatientswithCTO(HR=2.88;95%CI,1.82-4.77;P<0.001).ThemultivariateanalysisshowedasignificantassociationbetweenCTOandMACE(HR=2.1195%CI,1.27-3.88;P=0.014).ConclusionChronictotalocclusionisassociatedwithhigherriskofcomorbiditiesandhighermortality,andservesasanindependentpredictorofMACE.

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