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Current Postings on This Page (2):
• Cyril -- IVUS is used in many of the major cath
labs around the world. If you'll check out our IVUS
Center, you'll see an interview with Dr. Antonio Colombo of Milan,
arguably one of the great proponents of IVUS technology. Also in Rotterdam
at the ThoraxCentre, Dr. Patrick Serruys and his team have done major research
using IVUS. But there are many labs using this imaging modality. If you'll
give us a narrower locus, we'll try to name hospitals, but you can also
call the major heart hospitals in your area. Ask for the cath lab and
put your question to them. From my own experience, I can relate that last
year a friend of mine had a heart attack and was taken to a cath lab I
did not know anyone at. When I heard that they used IVUS routinely (and
they used it on my friend) I was encouraged, because cardiologists who
use IVUS tend to be on the cutting edge, so to speak.
On a side note, part
of the challenge is that IVUS is not reimbursed by insurance everywhere. It
is in Japan, for example, and Japan is a big market for IVUS. A very large
percentage of interventional cases in Japan use IVUS. And interestingly,
in all the recent major stent trials, the Japanese arm tended to have much
better outcomes. We asked Dr. Shigeru Saito who was the principal Japanese
investigator for
both the Medtronic and Abbott stent trials why his results were better
and he said simly, "IVUS".
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, December 26, 2008
• CAN YOU ADVISE ME IF IVUS IS AVAILABLE
IN EUROPE, IF SO WHERE?
Cyril, Europe, December 26, 2008
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