The Advantages and Disadvantages of OCT vs. IVUS | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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There are many advantages to using optical coherence tomography (OCT) intravascular imaging. However, interventionalists should not rush to trade in their intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) systems, said Michael R. Jones, M.D., FACC, director of the Central Baptist Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute, Lexington, Ky.  

Jones is a fan of using intravascular imaging in PCI cases and has used IVUS for about 15 years. He transitioned to OCT when his facility purchased its first system in August 2010, and now uses it for the majority of his cases.

“This is a new technology to look at structures in the vasculature and offers very accurate measurements,” Jones explained. “Both IVUS and OCT allow us to look in living, beating hearts. Both of these techniques are used to make measurements for lesion length and lumen size, but OCT is being shown in s...