Volume 89, Issue 4 pp. 679-689
Coronary Artery Disease

Intracoronary optical coherence tomography: Clinical and research applications and intravascular imaging software overview

Erhan Tenekecioglu MD

Erhan Tenekecioglu MD

Erasmus University Medical Centre, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Equally contributed as co-first author.

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Felipe N. Albuquerque MD

Felipe N. Albuquerque MD

Andreas Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, United States

Equally contributed as co-first author.

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Yohei Sotomi MD

Yohei Sotomi MD

Academic Medical Center-University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Yaping Zeng MD, PhD

Yaping Zeng MD, PhD

Erasmus University Medical Centre, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Pannipa Suwannasom MD

Pannipa Suwannasom MD

Erasmus University Medical Centre, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Academic Medical Center-University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Hiroki Tateishi MD, PhD

Hiroki Tateishi MD, PhD

Erasmus University Medical Centre, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Rafael Cavalcante MD, PhD

Rafael Cavalcante MD, PhD

Erasmus University Medical Centre, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Yuki Ishibashi MD

Yuki Ishibashi MD

Erasmus University Medical Centre, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Shimpei Nakatani MD

Shimpei Nakatani MD

Erasmus University Medical Centre, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Mohammad Abdelghani MD

Mohammad Abdelghani MD

Academic Medical Center-University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Jouke Dijkstra PhD

Jouke Dijkstra PhD

Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Christos Bourantas MD, PhD

Christos Bourantas MD, PhD

University College of London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom

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Carlos Collet MD

Carlos Collet MD

Academic Medical Center-University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Antonios Karanasos MD

Antonios Karanasos MD

Erasmus University Medical Centre, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Maria Radu MD, PhD

Maria Radu MD, PhD

Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Ancong Wang PhD

Ancong Wang PhD

Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Takashi Muramatsu MD, PhD

Takashi Muramatsu MD, PhD

Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake, Japan

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Ulf Landmesser MD, PhD

Ulf Landmesser MD, PhD

Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Takayuki Okamura MD, PhD

Takayuki Okamura MD, PhD

Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

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Evelyn Regar MD, PhD

Evelyn Regar MD, PhD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland

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Lorenz Räber MD, PhD

Lorenz Räber MD, PhD

Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

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Giulio Guagliumi MD

Giulio Guagliumi MD

Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

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Robert T. Pyo MD

Robert T. Pyo MD

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, NY

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Yoshinobu Onuma MD, PhD

Yoshinobu Onuma MD, PhD

Erasmus University Medical Centre, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Patrick W. Serruys MD, PhD

Corresponding Author

Patrick W. Serruys MD, PhD

Erasmus University Medical Centre, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

International Centre for Circulatory Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Correspondence to: Patrick W. Serruys MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, Professor of Cardiology in the Cardiovascular Science Division of the NHLI within Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Emeritus Professor of Medicine Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
First published: 21 January 2017
Citations: 18

Abstract

By providing valuable information about the coronary artery wall and lumen, intravascular imaging may aid in optimizing interventional procedure results and thereby could improve clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Intravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a light-based technology with a tissue penetration of approximately 1 to 3 mm and provides near histological resolution. It has emerged as a technological breakthrough in intravascular imaging with multiple clinical and research applications. OCT provides detailed visualization of the vessel following PCI and provides accurate assessment of post-procedural stent performance including detection of edge dissection, stent struts apposition, tissue prolapse, and healing parameters. Additionally, it can provide accurate characterization of plaque morphology and provides key information to optimize post-procedural outcomes. This manuscript aims to review the current clinical and research applications of intracoronary OCT and summarize the analytic OCT imaging software packages currently available. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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