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October 4, 2010 -- 8:20pm EDT

IVUS for Every Stent and Angioplasty?
Augusto Pichard, MD IVUS has been around for more than 20 years and has been used in only a small percentage of cath labs, although that number is growing. So why does Dr. Augusto Pichard, Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Washington Hospital Center, use intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) on all of his PCI (angioplasty and stent) procedures? He explains in his interview, just posted on Angioplasty.Org. Dr. Pichard says that:

"I use IVUS on all my angioplasties, always! The IVUS is already set before I come into the cath lab and I always image, both before and after. It keeps me humble. The IVUS teaches me so much; I change the strategy all the time based on IVUS. It makes angioplasty, easy, uncomplicated, and very successful."

Read more of what Dr. Pichard says about IVUS, FFR and OCT in our exclusive interview with him , part of our Intravascular Imaging Center.

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