Safety and Usefulness of Non-Occlusion Image Acquisition Technique for Optical Coherence Tomography

• Kataiwa Hideaki

  Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wakayama Medical University

• Tanaka Atsushi

  Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wakayama Medical University

• Kitabata Hironori

  Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wakayama Medical University

• Imanishi Toshio

  Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wakayama Medical University

• Akasaka Takashi

  Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wakayama Medical University

Abstract

Background Because optical coherence tomography (OCT) requires balloon-occlusion to overcome image attenuation by blood, the present study investigated the safety and usefulness of a new non-occlusive technique. Methods and Results The 40 angina patients were assigned to the continuous-flushing method or the balloon-occlusion method group. The continuous-flushing method was superior for observing proximal lesions compared with the balloon-occlusion method (94% vs 55%, p=0.01). There were no differences between groups in the visible length and image quality. There were no major complications during OCT. Conclusions The continuous-flushing method is safe and useful for OCT. (Circ J 2008; 72: 1536 -1537)<br>

Journal

• Circulation Journal

  Circulation Journal 72 (9), 1536-1537, 2008

  The Japanese Circulation Society

Keywords

• Imaging
• Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
• Plaque

Details

• CRID: 1390282680078546560
• NII Article ID: 110006894394
• NII Book ID: AA11591968
• DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-08-0406
• COI: 1:STN:280:DC%2BD1crjvF2gsw%3D%3D
• ISSN: 13474820
• ISSN: 13469843
• PubMed: 18724035
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/circj/72/9/72_CJ-08-0406/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • Crossref
  • PubMed
  • CiNii Articles
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed