Pre-Emptive OCT-Guided Angioplasty of Vulnerable Intermediate Coronary Lesions: Results from the Prematurely Halted PECTUS-Trial

<div>OCT with angiography coregistration of a patient randomised to BVS placement. (a) Angiogram shows an intermediate stenosis in the proximal circumflex coronary artery (white marker). (b) OCT of the stenosis reveals a vulnerable plaque (lipid arc &gt;90° with a cap of 60 <i>μ</i>m). (c) Angiogram shows the same lesions as in A (white marker) after BVS placement. (d). OCT shows BVS placement over vulnerable plaque with good stent apposition.</div>

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

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Figure 2: Pre-Emptive OCT-Guided Angioplasty of Vulnerable Intermediate Coronary Lesions: Results from the Prematurely Halted PECTUS-Trial 