ICARO: IVUS Assessment Feasible and Safe For Patients After TAVR – American College of Cardiology
The use of IVUS to assess the coronary ostia at high risk for coronary artery obstruction (CAO) after TAVR is feasible, safe and potentially lifesaving, according to results from the ICARO study published May 12 in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. Mattia Lunardi, MD, PhD, et al., conducted the first prospective, multicenter, observational study to evaluate IVUS in this context, as well as its capacity to indicate the need for chimney stenting, in patients diagnosed with symptomatic severe native
