… -eluting stent (Xience prime, Abbott Vascular) implantation for long … IVUS-guided
everolimus-eluting stent implantation would be … everolimus-eluting stent implantation for long …

Objectives The goal of this study was to evaluate whether the beneficial effect of use of
intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is sustained for long-term follow-up. Background The use of IVUS …

… IVUS-guided postdilation after DES implantation for long lesions was evaluated from the
pooled data of the IVUS-XPL … Compared with angiography-guided DES implantation without …

… intravascular ultrasound or angiographic guidance. Aspirin (100 mg/day) was prescribed for
an indefinite period after stent implantation. … effect of DAPT duration from the IVUS-XPL trial. …

… IVUS-guided stent optimization, and it is still performed at the operator’s discretion. In the
IVUS-XPL trial, 2 the method of stent … versus angiography-guided drug-eluting stent implantation…

… implantation, a total of 1254 patients with IVUS-guided drug-eluting stent implantation into
1484 long lesions (implanted stent … trials, IVUS-XPL and ULTIMATE, that compared IVUS-…

… stent], stent eccentricity [smallest minimum/maximum stent diameter at a single slice within
the stent], IVUS-XPL [Impact of intravascular Ultrasound … analyzed after stent implantation. …

… to IVUS and Angiography to Guide Coronary Stent Implantation; … stent), stent eccentricity
(smallest minimum/maximum stent … the stent), and IVUS-XPL (Impact of Intravascular Ultrasound …

… pooled analysis of the IVUS-XPL and ULTIMATE randomized … stent implantation without
IVUS guidance in the IVUS-guided group and those who underwent stent implantation with IVUS …

… optimization criteria have not been yet established although the IVUS-XPL trial showed
the best results with an MSA greater than the distal reference lumen. Second, the meta-analysis …