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ULTIMATE Compares IVUS and Angiography for Guidance in DES Implantation

December 11, 2018—Results of the ULTIMATE trial, which aimed to determine the benefits intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)–guided versus angiography-guided drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation in an all-comers patient population in China, were published by Junjie Zhang, MD, et al in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) (2018;72:3126–3137).

IVUS-Guided DES Implantation in All-Comer Patients Evaluated in ULTIMATE

September 24, 2018—The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) announced that findings from the ULTIMATE trial were presented at TCT 2018, the 30th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics scientific symposium, which is sponsored by CRF and held September 21–25 in San Diego, California.

Study Supports Double Kissing Crush Stent Technique for Treating Bifurcation Lesions

March 10, 2013—The American College of Cardiology (ACC) announced that results from the DKCRUSH-III study, the first head-to-head comparison of double kissing (DK) crush and culotte stent techniques in coronary artery disease, were presented at the ACC's 62nd annual scientific session in San Francisco.