The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
Clinical research
In vivo validation of a novel three-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography system (CardiOp-B™): comparison with a conventional two-dimensional system (CAAS II™) and with special reference to optical coherence tomography
Keiichi Tsuchida, MD, PhD; Willem J. van der Giessen, MD, PhD; Mark Patterson, MRCP; Shuzou Tanimoto, MD; Héctor M. García-García, MD, MSc; Evelyn Regar, MD, PhD; Jurgen M. R. Ligthart, BSc; Anne-Marie Maugenest; Gio Maatrijk; Jolanda J. Wentzel, PhD; Patrick W. Serruys*, MD, PhD, FACC, FESC
Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Aims: To validate a novel 3-D QCA system (CardiOp-B™) and compare the 2-D (CAAS II™) and 3-D systems in in vivo experimental settings. The phantom lumen diameters were also assessed ex vivo by optical coherence t