Percutaneous coronary intervention in left main coronary artery disease with or without intravascular ultrasound: A meta-analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 6; p. e0179756
• Main Authors: Ye, Yicong, Yang, Ming, Zhang, Shuyang, Zeng, Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 22.06.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Angiography; Angioplasty; Balloon angioplasty; Cardiac patients; Clinical trials; Comparative analysis; Confidence intervals; Coronary Angiography; Coronary artery; Coronary artery disease; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Artery Disease - therapy; Coronary heart disease; Death; Health aspects; Heart; Heart attacks; Heart diseases; Humans; Implants; Intervention; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meta-analysis; Mortality; Patients; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - methods; Physical Sciences; Population studies; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk factors; Stents; Studies; Surgical implants; Thromboembolism; Thrombosis; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonography, Interventional; Ultrasound; Beijing China; China

This meta-analysis compared IVUS-guided with angiography-guided PCI to determine the effect of IVUS on the mortality in patients with LM CAD. Current guidelines recommend intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with left main coronary artery diseas...