In this issue, a mini focus and a EuroIntervention State of the Art on intracoronary optical coherence tomography with articles on the use of OCT guidance in left main PCI; stent expansion criteria and functional results of PCI in NSTEMI patients treated with OCT-guided PCI; identifying unknown stent types using OCT; improving OCT image quality in patients with kidney disease or unknown renal function; in valvular disease and heart failure: neo-commissure alignment in TAVI using the Portico device. In peripheral interventions: treatment of intermediate- and high-risk pulmonary embolisms with local thrombolysis using rheolytic thrombectomy. In stroke and hypertension: the importance of stroke aetiology and thrombus location in clinical outcomes of ischaemic stroke patients treated by thrombectomy; retrieval of embolised left atrial appendage closure occluders, and more...
Coronary interventions - Mini focus on optical coherence tomography
Optical coherence tomography to guide percutaneous coronary intervention of the left main coronary artery: the LEMON study
Amabile N, Rangé G, Souteyrand G, Godin M, Boussaada M, Meneveau N, Cayla G, Casassus F, Lefèvre T, Hakim R, Bagdadi I, Motreff P, Caussin C
10.4244/EIJ-D-20-01121
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Relationship between stent expansion and fractional flow reserve after percutaneous coronary intervention: a post hoc analysis of the DOCTORS trial
Belguidoum S, Meneveau N, Motreff P, Ohlman P, Boussaada M, Silvain J, Guillon B, Descotes-Genon V, Lefrançois Y, Morel O, Amabile N
10.4244/EIJ-D-19-01103
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Identification of the type of stent with three-dimensional optical coherence tomography: the SPQR study
Cortes C, Chu M, Schincariol M, Martínez-Hervás Alonso M, Reisbeck B, Zhang R, Murasato Y, Chen S, Lavarra F, Tu S, Silber S, Gutiérrez-Chico J
10.4244/EIJ-D-20-00598
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