Influence of various percutaneous coronary interventional devices on postinterventional luminal shape and plaque surface characteristics as determined by intravascular ultrasound

Abstract

The procedural success of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) is routinely assessed angiographically by evaluating luminal dimensions and the presence or absence of dissections. The additional definitions of postinterventional characteristics of lumen geometry, lesion surface, and transmural components of atherosclerotic coronary plaques with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) may provide important supplemental information.1,2 Using IVUS, we systematically compared these characteristics among lesions treated with different interventional devices.