Abstract:Dear Editor,We would like to congratulate the authors of the study: "Intracoronary ultrasound-guided stenting improves outcomes: a meta-analysis of randomized trials" 1 and make the following comments:1. There is significant heterogeneity among the metaanalysis studies, which includes both studies with provisional stenting technique, now in disuse, as well as a study with drug-eluting stent. Three studies excluded patients with long lesions and one of them did not use IVUS for lesion analysis prior to stent im… Show more
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