Data published in late 2016 showed that approximately 100,000<unk>  procedures are performed every year, and its adoption is rapidly growing at a rate of ~ 20% every year. Evidence showed that<unk>  OCT can be used to optimize percutaneous coronary intervention to treat myocardial infarction and that OCT imaging influence physician decision in > 50% of the cases. Assessment of artery lumen morphology is the cornerstone of intravascular imaging criteria to evaluate disease severity and guide intervention. The high-resolution of OCT imaging allows to assess with high accuracy vessel lumen area, wall microstructure,<unk>  stent apposition and expansion. OCT has an improved ability with respect to intravascular ultrasound to penetrate and delineate calcium in the vessel wall that makes it well suited to guide complex interventional strategies in vessels with superficial calcification. OCT has the capability of visualize coronary plaque erosion and fibrotic caps overlying atheromas.
Intracoronary optical coherence tomography
Coronary CT calcium scan
Coronary CT angiography
Doppler echocardiography
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging perfusion
Fractional flow reserve
Cardiac ventriculography
Tissue Doppler echocardiography