IVUS usage for diagnosis outside the coronaries

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A 70-year-old patient with a history of chronic coronary syndrome, heart failure, and CRT-D was admitted for angioplasty of in-stent CTO. The artery was recanalized, and multiple passes of a 1.7 mm excimer laser catheter were performed. Based on IVUS findings, sequential balloon predilatation, including DCB, was performed. IVUS was used to confirm lumen enlargement. 

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IVUS usage for diagnosis outside the coronaries

IVUS usage for diagnosis outside the coronaries

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Authors

Pawlowski T.1, Modzelewski P.1, Zamielski W.1

  1. Panstwowy Instytut Medyczny MSWiA w Warszawie, Warsaw, POLAND

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