Stent visualization methods to guide percutaneous coronary interventions and assess long-term patency

Figure 3 Intravascular ultrasound pull-back of a right coronary artery post stent implantation. Stent expansion is assessed and the minimal lumen area measured in different cross-sections (bottom longitudinal view) while the plaque burden at the distal reference (B3) is shown on the cross sectional frame 593 (lumen area 10.78 mm², vessel area 17.36 mm², plaque burden 37%).