Angiography alone versus angiography plus optical coherence tomography to guide decision-making during percutaneous coronary intervention: the Centro per la Lotta contro l’Infarto-Optimisation of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (CLI-OPCI) study

Francesco Prati1,2*, MD; Luca Di Vito2, MD, PhD; Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai2,3, MD; Michele Occhipinti2,4, MD; Alessio La Manna4, MD; Corrado Tamburino4, MD; Francesco Burzotta5, MD, PhD; Carlo Trani5, MD; Italo Porto5, MD; Vito Ramazzotti1, MD; Fabrizio Imola1, MD; Alessandro Manzoli1, MD; Laura Materia2, PharmD; Alberto Cremonesi6, MD; Mario Albertucci2, MD

1. Department of Interventional Cardiology, San Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital, Rome, Italy; 2. Centro per la Lotta contro l’Infarto - Fondazione Onlus, Rome, Italy; 3. Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza

Aims: Angiographic guidance for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has substantial limitations. The superior spatial resolution of optical

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