Acute and one-year clinical outcomes of pre-stenting intravascular ultrasound: a patient-level meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials

Pre-stenting intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) assessment is helpful for appropriate stent sizing and determination of the stent landing zone during percutaneous coronary intervention.The aim of this meta-analysis was to investigate the effect of pre-stenting IVUS evaluation on procedural and clinical outcomes for diffuse lesions treated with drug-eluting stents (DES).In four randomised trials comparing IVUS- and angiography-guided DES placement,...