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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 24.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Aug 24;13(16):1880–1890. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.04.052

Central illustration: Trends, variability and outcomes of IVUS use in PCI.

Central illustration:

Panel A: Trend in intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) use as a percentage out of all percutaneous coronary interventions in Medicare patients in the study period. Panel B: Variability in IVUS utilization across US hospitals. Panel C-E: Kaplan Meier curves for all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction and revascularization between PCI with and without intravascular ultrasound in the overall cohort.