Contents
1. Basics of Intravascular Ultrasound
2. Intravascular Ultrasound Equipment
3. Intravascular Ultrasound Examination Technique/Imaging Controls
4. Orientation of Intravascular Ultrasound Images
5. Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Images
6. Normal Arterial Morphology on Intravascular Ultrasound
7. Intravascular Ultrasound Measurements
8. Looking Beyond the Coronaries
9. Plaque Morphology on Intravascular Ultrasound
10. Image Artifacts
11. Vessel Remodeling
12. Vessel Tapering
13. Thrombus on Intravascular Ultrasound
14. Intravascular Ultrasound for Calcium Assessment
15. Plaque Rupture on Intravascular Ultrasound
16. Attenuated Plaque/Vulnerable Plaque
17. Stent Sizing on Intravascular Ultrasound
18. Stent Expansion
19. Malapposition
20. Dissection Assessment on Intravascular Ultrasound
21. Intramural and Extramural Hematoma
22. Geographical Miss on Intravascular Ultrasound
23. Tissue/Plaque Prolapse
24. Intravascular Ultrasound in In-stent Restenosis
25. Goals for Left Main Stenting: In Pursuit for the Magic Numbers
26. Intravascular Ultrasound in Ambiguous Left Main
27. Intravascular Ultrasound in Deciding Two- versus One-stent in Left Main Coronary Artery Bifurcation
28. Intravascular Ultrasound Predictors of Side Branch Pinching
29. Identifying Good Final Kissing Balloon Inflation and Link-free Carina on Intravascular Ultrasound
30. Differentiating Plaque Shift versus Carina Shift on Intravascular Ultrasound
31. Identifying Distal Wire Recrossing on Intravascular Ultrasound
32. Identifying Abluminal Wiring on Intravascular Ultrasound
33. Intravascular Ultrasound in Double Kissing Crush
34. T and Small Protrusion on Intravascular Ultrasound
35. Ostial LAD Dilemma: To Nail the Ostia or LMCA Crossover
36. Longitudinal Stent Deformation
37. Confirming Aorto-ostial Coverage of Stent on Intravascular Ultrasound
38. Intravascular Ultrasound in Intermediate Lesions
39. Slow Flow on Intravascular Ultrasound
40. Differentiating True from False Lumen on Intravascular Ultrasound
41. Stent Fracture
42. Myocardial Bridge
43. Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
44. True Aneurysm and Pseudoaneurysm
45. Intravascular Ultrasound in Saphenous Vein Grafts
46. Diagnosing Perforation and Impending Perforation on Intravascular Ultrasound
47. Application of IVUS during ROTA
48. IVUS-guided Puncture of an Ambiguous Proximal Cap
49. Absolute Zero-contrast Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
50. Possible Intravascular Ultrasound Complications and Troubleshooting
51. Role of Intravascular Ultrasound in Drug-eluting Balloon
52. Ostium Marking Technique by Intravascular Ultrasound
53. Real-time Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance (Live-IVUS)
