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

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

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Summary

Dr Gonzalo gives an introduction to the practical aspects of running an IVUS programme


  • Equipment: different IVUS catheters available, and rotational versus solid state
  • Different features of the different catheter systems available
  • Integrated and standalone systems
  • Manual versus automated pullback
  • Different treatment resources available for IVUS
  • A practical guide to how to start using IVUS, and case selection
  • How to assess lesions
    • Minimum lumen area
    • Vessel area
    • Plaque burden
    • Plaque type
    • Reference area 
    • Remodelling
    • Lesion length
  • How to assess the results of stenting
    • Expansion
    • Apposition
    • Edges - stenosis and dissection
  • Guideline recommendations for IVUS use

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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
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