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. 2022 Aug 5;1(6):100413. doi: 10.1016/j.jscai.2022.100413

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Meta-analyses evaluating the effects of IVUS guidance in the treatment of LMCA disease. Risk reduction (95% CI) for the meta-analyses that reported on the comparisons of IVUS- versus angiography-guided PCI in patients with left main coronary artery lesions for (A) all-cause mortality, (B) cardiovascular mortality, (C) myocardial infarction, (D) stent thrombosis, (E) TVR, and (F) TLR. All meta-analyses included randomized controlled trials and observational studies. IVUS, intravascular ultrasound; LMCA, left main coronary artery; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TLR, target lesion revascularization; TVR, target vessel revascularization.