Intravascular imaging can improve outcomes for complex stenting procedures in patients with high-risk calcified coronary artery disease

Using intravascular imaging (IVI) to guide stent implantation during complex stenting procedures is safer and more effective for patients with severely calcified coronary artery disease than conventional angiography, the more commonly used technique.

Those are the findings from the largest clinical trial of its kind comparing the two methods during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The “ECLIPSE” trial results were presented on Monday, March 31, in a Late Breaking Clinical Trial…

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