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CCTA-Guided PCI Noninferior to IVUS-Guided PCI

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In a randomized, open-label, noninferiority trial, a coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA)–guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) strategy was noninferior to intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)–guided PCI with respect to target-vessel failure at 12 months; among 1,105 randomized patients, target-vessel failure occurred in 4.1% of the CCTA-guided group versus 4.6% of the IVUS-guided […]

Lipid-Rich Plaques That May Benefit From Preventive PCI

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Preventive PCI was associated with a substantially lower risk of major cardiac events in patients with near-infrared spectroscopy–defined lipid-rich plaques (LRPs), but not in those without LRPs, suggesting that plaque composition may be more informative than plaque size alone in selecting lesions for preventive treatment. In this post hoc analysis […]