VANCOUVER, Canada — Optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography can help predict which eyes affected by age-related macular degeneration are most likely to develop exudation, research shows. The ...

An “optical biopsy” of intravascular plaque during stenting is more effective at reducing the rate of restenosis or thrombosis in people with moderately or severely calcified lesions than angiography ...

PARIS, France—Patients with calcified lesions undergoing PCI can benefit from an OCT-based strategy for lesion preparation and stent optimization, achieving greater minimum stent area (MSA) than with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . OCT-guided PCI conferred greater minimal stent area vs. angiography-guided PCI in the CALPISO trial. OCT-guided ...

Using optimal coherence tomography (OCT) to guide stent implantation during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with complex coronary lesions significantly improves survival and ...

The research group of Prof. Linbo Liu from Guangzhou National Laboratory collaborates with Prof. Jia Qu from Oujiang laboratory, Prof Xiaokun Wang & Yukun Wang from Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine ...

Procedures using OCT guidance were safe but took longer and the investigators used more contrast. "In the angiography-guided arm, IVUS was also used in approximately one in five cases, which reflects ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Optical coherence tomography angiography can play “a pivotal role” in managing neurodegenerative disorders, ...

The study, presented at the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology and published in The New England Journal of Medicine, showed a significantly reduced rate of blood clots forming within ...

In patients with coronary bifurcation lesions, optical coherence tomography–guided PCI was associated with a lower incidence of major adverse cardiac events at a median 2 years of follow-up than ...