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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems |
| Manuscript Type |
Prospective Study |
| Article Title |
Intravascular ULTRA sound-guided percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with STEMI: Rationale and design of the ULTRA-STEMI trial
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| Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Efstratios Karagiannidis, Andreas S Papazoglou, Athanasios Samaras, Athina Nasoufidou, Georgios Zormpas, Georgios Tagarakis, Konstantinos C Theodoropoulos, Marios Papadakis, Apostolos Tzikas, Nikolaos Fragakis and George Kassimis |
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| Corresponding Author |
George Kassimis, Assistant Professor, Second Department of Cardiology, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, 49 Konstantinoupoleos Road, Thessaloniki 54636, Greece. gksup@yahoo.gr |
| Key Words |
STEMI; Primary percutaneous coronary intervention; Intravascular ultrasound; Micro-computed tomography |
| Core Tip |
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has shown clinical benefits, but its role in primary PCI for STEMI remains underexplored. The ULTRA-STEMI trial is a prospective, single-center study evaluating the safety, efficacy, and procedural outcomes of IVUS-guided PCI in STEMI patients. Uniquely, this study incorporates micro-computed tomography analysis of aspirated thrombi to quantify thrombus burden and correlate it with IVUS findings. The results may provide novel insights into thrombus characterization, stent optimization, and IVUS-guided PCI’s potential to improve long-term cardiovascular outcomes in STEMI patients. |
| Publish Date |
2025-04-21 08:12 |
| Citation |
<p>Karagiannidis E, Papazoglou AS, Samaras A, Nasoufidou A, Zormpas G, Tagarakis G, Theodoropoulos KC, Papadakis M, Tzikas A, Fragakis N, Kassimis G. Intravascular ULTRA sound-guided percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with STEMI: Rationale and design of the ULTRA-STEMI trial. <i>World J Cardiol</i> 2025; 17(4): 106072</p> |
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https://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8462/full/v17/i4/106072.htm |
| DOI |
https://dx.doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v17.i4.106072 |
