Introduction
Methods
Published reference methods, stent size selection and definitions of stent expansion
Analyzed population
Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
Comparison of reference size methods
Comparison of methods for evaluation of stent expansion
Statistics
Results
Distal measurement only | Distal or proximal measurement | Mean of distal and proximal | Unspecific | ||||||||
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Distal ref. size (study specific down and up-sizing) | Distal media (ratio 0:8) | Distal lumen (ratio 1:1) | Distal OR prox. (the smallest) EEL, if EEL ≥ 180° | Distal OR prox. lumen (the smallest) if EEL visible < 180° | Distal + prox. EEL | Distal + prox. Lumen | Stent/vessel diameter 0.8:1 | Ref. Vessel diameter | NA | QCA | |
HOME DES IVUS, 2010 | x | ||||||||||
Habara et al. 2013 | x | x * | |||||||||
The AVIO Trial, 2013 | x | ||||||||||
CTO-IVUS, 2015 | x | ||||||||||
AIR-CTO, 2015 | x | ||||||||||
IVUS XPL, 2015 | x | ||||||||||
OCTACS, 2015 | x | ||||||||||
RESET, 2015 | x | ||||||||||
Tan et al. 2015 | x | ||||||||||
Zhang et al. 2016 | x | ||||||||||
ILUMIEN III, 2016 | x | x | |||||||||
DOCTORS, 2016 | x | ||||||||||
OCT STEMI, 2017 | x | ||||||||||
OPINION, 2017 | x | x | |||||||||
ULTIMATE, 2018 | x | x | |||||||||
ILUMIEN IV Trial | x | ||||||||||
OCTOBER Trial | x |
Coronary reference size
NA | Absolute value | MSA to distal pre lumen area | MSA to distal post lumen area | MSA to distal lumen area (pre/post unknown) | Respective MSA to respective post lumen area | Respective MLD to respective pre media-reference | MSA to mean pre lumen area | MSA to mean post lumen area | MSA to mean lumen area (pre/post unknown) | MSA to ref. area (distal/prox. & pre/post unknown) | Specific study criteria | MSA ≥ 95% | MSA ≥ 90% | MSA > 80% | MSA > 70% | MSA > distal reference | NA | |
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HOME DES IVUS, 2010 | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||
Habara et al. 2013 | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||
The AVIO trial, 2013 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||
CTO-IVUS, 2015 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||
AIR-CTO, 2015 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||
IVUS-XPL, 2015 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||
OCTACS, 2015 | x | |||||||||||||||||
RESET, 2013 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||
Tan et al., 2015 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||
Zhang et al., 2016 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||
ILUMIEN III, 2016 | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||
DOCTORS 2016 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||
OCT STEMI, 2017 | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||||||
OPINION, 2017 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||
ULTIMATE, 2018 | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||
ILUMIEN IV Trial | x | x | ||||||||||||||||
OCTOBER Trial | x | x |
Stent selection criteria
Optimal stent expansion criteria
Comparison of reference methods
Table 3 | Distal reference | Proximal reference | Mean (average distal + proximal) | ||||||
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Pre-PCI reference estimations | N | Diameter (mm) | N | Diameter (mm) | N | Diameter (mm) | |||
1) Corresponding lumen | 31 | 2.91 ± 0.77 | 26 | 2.99 ± 0.66 | 25 | 2.93 ± 0.64 | |||
2) Largest lumen within 0-5 mm | 31 | 3.05 ± 0.73 | 26 | 3.32 ± 0.70 | 25 | 3.14 ± 0.65 | |||
3) Corresponding fitted media circle | 30 | 3.58 ± 0.83 | 20 | 3.82 ± 0.68 | 19 | 3.68 ± 0.71 | |||
4) Best fitted media-circle 0-10 mm | 31 | 3.59 ± 0.80 | 25 | 4.01 ± 0.70 | 24 | 3.75 ± 0.68 | |||
5) Best media-media 0-10 mm | 31 | 3.52 ± 0.79 | 26 | 4.04 ± 0.74 | 25 | 3.73 ± 0.69 | |||
One-way repeated ANOVA | P < 0.005 | P < 0.005 | P < 0.005 | ||||||
Post-PCI reference estimation | |||||||||
6) Stent edge | 32 | 3.01 ± 0.68 | 29 | 3.23 ± 0.52 | 29 | 3.12 ± 0.56 | |||
7) Largest lumen within 0-5 mm | 32 | 3.11 ± 0.65 | 29 | 3.45 ± 0.65 | 29 | 3.28 ± 0.61 | |||
8) Largest lumen within 2-10 mm | 30 | 2.97 ± 0.61 | 20 | 3.56 ± 0.75 | 19 | 3.35 ± 0.65 | |||
9) Best fitted media-circle 2-10 mm | 30 | 3.59 ± 0.79 | 20 | 4.34 ± 0.76 | 19 | 4.01 ± 0.73 | |||
10) Best media-media 2-10 mm | 30 | 3.50 ± 0.74 | 20 | 4.26 ± 0.76 | 19 | 3.93 ± 0.71 | |||
One-way repeated ANOVA | P < 0.005 | P < 0.005 | P < 0.005 | ||||||
Distal part | Proximal part | One single stent segment | |||||||
Minimal stent lumen | N | Minimal stent diameter | Minimal stent area | N | Minimal stent diameter | Minimal stent area | N | Minimal stent diameter | Minimal stent area |
Separated in halves | 32 | 2.86 ± 0.49 | 6.64 ± 2.24 | 31 | 2.95 ± 0.55 | 7.10 ± 2.69 | 32 | 2.81 ± 0.50 | 6.31 ± 2.31 |
Separated by SB > 2 mm | 15 | 2.88 ± 0.50 | 6.74 ± 2.20 | 12 | 3.05 ± 0.46 | 7.51 ± 2.32 | - | - | - |