Kan, C.-C.; Tsai, W.-C.; Cheng, C.-C.; Jong, G.-P. The Best Strategy for the Black Hole Phenomenon between Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography. Diagnostics2024, 14, 281.
Kan, C.-C.; Tsai, W.-C.; Cheng, C.-C.; Jong, G.-P. The Best Strategy for the Black Hole Phenomenon between Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography. Diagnostics 2024, 14, 281.
Kan, C.-C.; Tsai, W.-C.; Cheng, C.-C.; Jong, G.-P. The Best Strategy for the Black Hole Phenomenon between Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography. Diagnostics2024, 14, 281.
Kan, C.-C.; Tsai, W.-C.; Cheng, C.-C.; Jong, G.-P. The Best Strategy for the Black Hole Phenomenon between Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography. Diagnostics 2024, 14, 281.
Abstract
The black hole (BH) phenomenon is an intraluminal restenotic lesion. It was identified by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) after intracoronary brachytherapy and drug-eluting stent implantation. Despite the similarity in the mode of action of brachytherapy and drug-eluting stent implantation, the BH phenomenon appears to be uncommon after drug-eluting stent implantation. Specifically, the BH phenomenon is better identified by OCT than by IVUS. Herein, we present a case of in-stent restenosis with suspected BH phenomenon on IVUS confirmed by OCT.
Keywords
black hole phenomenon; in-stent restenosis; intravascular ultrasound; optical coherence tomography
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
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