Tissue Characterization and Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Guidance Using Intravascular Ultrasound
Tissue Characterization and Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Guidance Using Intravascular Ultrasound
This prospective, single arm, observational cohort study is designed to assess the safety and efficacy of (high-definition) intravascular ultrasound (HD-IVUS) as guidance for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and to assess culprit lesion plaque characteristics and thrombus morphology in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Objectives:
The SPECTRUM study is an investigator-initiated, single-center, prospective, single arm, observational cohort study investigating the safety and efficacy of (HD)-IVUS as guidance for primary PCI in 200 patients with STEMI. This study enables the assessment of culprit lesion plaque characteristics and thrombus morphology with a 40-60 MHz HD-IVUS catheter.
All study patients will have a protocolized pre-intervention IVUS pullback directly after recanalization (so before any lesion preparation, i.e. balloon dilatation, aspiration thrombectomy or stent placement) and a post-intervention IVUS pullback. Subsequently, if IVUS-guided optimization is performed, a final pullback is highly recommended and considered as the post-optimization IVUS pullback.
The primary study outcomes are target vessel failure at 12 months and incidence of IVUS-guided optimization. More information on outcome measures is provided in the section below.
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria: