Comparing IVUS and OCT - competitors, or complementary?

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

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Summary

Professor Carlo Di Mario summarises the differences between IVUS and OCT. He highlights the advantages and disadvantages of both techniques and where and when each imaging modality is most useful. 

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Target Audience

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
Normal anatomy and vessel landmarks
Making measurements
Common abnormalities: Calcium, Dissection, Thrombus
The most common mistakes made by early IVUS user
How calcification affects PCI and how IVUS can help us
Live case transmission from Madrid – IVUS guided PCI
How to choose and optimise your stent using IVUS - three examples of tailoring IVUS results to the vessel characteristics
Stent failures 1 - Identifying causes of stent thrombosis
Left main PCI - why use IVUS and how do we use the images and measurements provided?
Stent failure 2 - Identifying causes of restenosis
Cases where IVUS was the difference between success and failure
How I use IVUS in CTO procedures
Intravascular imaging during procedures on sick patients - showboating, or potential saviour?
Learning core IVUS skills - three cases illustrating the most important things a new IVUS user must be able to recognise
Comparing IVUS and OCT - competitors, or complementary?
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