Ziad A Ali, Ulf Landmesser, Akiko Maehara, Doosup Shin, Koshiro Sakai, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Richard A Shlofmitz, David Leistner, Paolo Canova, Fernando Alfonso, Franco Fabbiocchi, Giulio Guagliumi, Matthew J Price, Jonathan M Hill, Takashi Akasaka, Francesco Prati, Hiram G Bezerra, William Wijns, Robert J McGreevy, Robert W McNutt, Hong Nie, Kanitha Phalakornkule, Jana Buccola, Gregg W Stone
BACKGROUND: ILUMIEN IV was the first large-scale, multicenter, randomized trial comparing optical coherence tomography (OCT)-guided versus angiography-guided stent implantation in patients with high-risk clinical characteristics and/or complex angiographic lesions. OBJECTIVE: Here, we aimed to specifically examine outcomes in the complex angiographic lesions subgroup. METHODS: From the original trial population (n=2487), high-risk patients without complex angiographic lesions were excluded (n=514)...
May 6, 2024: Journal of the American College of Cardiology