Utility Of Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging With Angiographic Co-Registration For The Guidance Of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Overview

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging modality that can impact pre-and-post-physician decision-making in daily clinical practice. The OPTISTMintegrated system (St. Jude Medical, Inc.) is a new technology allowing the online co-registration of OCT images with the angiogram in the catheterization laboratory. This integration of OCT information on an angiographic roadmap could find broad application in the treatment of complex or diffuse disease, where special orientation could be challenging. The whitepaper by Dr. Evelyn Regar includes two case studies illustrating the role of angiographic co-registration and how it can guide physician decision-making in a reliable manner.

Featuring

Antonios Karanasos - Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Jors N Van Der Sijde - Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Jurgen Ligthart - Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Karen Witberg - Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Evelyn Regar - Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands