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Current clinical use of intravascular ultrasound imaging to guide percutaneous coronary interventions

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During the past three decades, since the invention of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), it has become increasingly important as daily clinical applications. However, it evolved with no Japanese standards for the measurement of images, the index of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures, and the reporting of results. Accordingly, the purpose of this review article is to provide an optimal and consistent approach to IVUS usage during PCI for clinicians and investigators.

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  1. The Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Japan

    Shinjo Sonoda

  2. Division of Cardiology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan

    Kiyoshi Hibi

  3. Department of Cardiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

    Hiroyuki Okura

  4. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

    Kenichi Fujii

  5. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Yasuhiro Honda

  6. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan

    Yoshio Kobayashi

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Sonoda, S., Hibi, K., Okura, H. et al. Current clinical use of intravascular ultrasound imaging to guide percutaneous coronary interventions. Cardiovasc Interv and Ther 35, 30–36 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12928-019-00603-y

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