Intravascular Imaging for Venous Interventions
Brar V, Dhawan R, Secemsky E, Altin S, Klein A, Hyder O, Goldsweig A. Intravascular Imaging for Venous Interventions. Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports 2020, 13: 19. DOI: 10.1007/s12410-020-09539-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntravascular ultrasoundVenous interventionsVena cavaInferior vena cava filter placementVena cava filter placementTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creationTransjugular liver biopsyCava filter placementIntravascular imagingInferior vena cavaSuperior vena cavaCross-sectional imagingPortosystemic Shunt CreationOptical coherence tomographyHigh-resolution cross-sectional imagingEndovenous interventionLiver biopsyVenous assessmentVenous pathologyFilter placementAnatomic locationShunt creationClinical landscapeCoherence tomographyDiagnostic studiesUtility of Intravascular Ultrasound in Peripheral Vascular Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Sheikh AB, Anantha-Narayanan M, Smolderen KG, Jelani QU, Nagpal S, Schneider M, Llanos F, Ionescu C, Regan C, Attaran R, Altin SE, Mena-Hurtado C. Utility of Intravascular Ultrasound in Peripheral Vascular Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Vascular And Endovascular Surgery 2020, 54: 413-422. PMID: 32338163, DOI: 10.1177/1538574420920998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral vascular interventionsPeriprocedural adverse eventsVascular complicationsAdverse eventsIntravascular ultrasoundPrimary patencyCause mortalityTechnical successMyocardial infarctionObservational studyVascular interventionsEnd pointSimilar patency ratesSimilar primary patencyPrimary end pointRate of reinterventionSecondary end pointsPeripheral arterial diseaseImproved clinical outcomesIVUS groupAmputation rateArterial diseaseClinical outcomesPatency ratesLower risk