What is IVUS? What evidence is there for clinical benefit?

↳ This is a section part of Moment: Simple Education: Advances in Intravascular Imaging, March 2017

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Summary

Dr Allen Jeremias gives an introductory overview to IVUS, and how it can be used to improve PCI, including discussion of the available research data supporting its use.

Different IVUS technologies available
How information from IVUS can change procedure strategy
Support of IVUS use from guideline committees, and their specific recommendations
Different plaque types and how they appear on IVUS (fibro-fatty, fibrous, calcified)
Pre and post PCI IVUS and what information is gained from each

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Learning Objectives

We know that sometimes IVUS appears difficult to understand and look forward to making things Simple for you.

Including:

International faculty
Hands on experience (break-out sessions:
- Assembling the kit
- Making Measurements (iPad/computer)
- Case practice with instructor support
Latest clinical evidence
Structured case-based lectures on identification of thrombus, dissection, malapposition and more
Live case demonstrations using IVUS co-registration

Other Components in this Moment

Overview

What is IVUS? What evidence is there for clinical benefit?

Case examples to explain the evidence – ST/LMS/ISR/FMJ

Live case transmission from Madrid - Prof Javier Escaned

Left main PCI – why use IVUS and how do we use the data provided?

How to optimize stent implantation using IVUS – three examples of tailoring IVUS results to the vessel

How calcification affects PCI and how IVUS can help us

Does a better technical result from IVUS-guided PCI mean value for money?

Stent failures 1 – Identifying causes of restenosis

Intravascular Imaging: a Glacovian appraisal of the ABSORB II trial

Stent failures 2 – Identifying causes of stent thrombosis

IVUS has a unique role in CTO and we must learn these skills - Prof Carlo Di Mario

Co-registration of IVUS and angiography - Syncvision - Dr Andrew Sharp

The practical aspects of running an IVUS programme – training, equipment and procedure volumes

Comparing IVUS and OCT – competitors, or complementary?

The future of intravascular imaging