Final results of the can routine ultrasound influence stent expansion (CRUISE) study

PJ Fitzgerald, A Oshima, M Hayase, JA Metz… - Circulation, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) can assess stent geometry more accurately
than angiography. Several studies have demonstrated that the degree of stent expansion as …

Intravascular ultrasound in the drug-eluting stent era

GS Mintz, NJ Weissman - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2006 - jacc.org
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has become an indispensable part of all drug-eluting stent
(DES) studies; findings must be put into context with the IVUS findings in bare metal stents …