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OCT: Basics, Advances, and
Interpretation Tips
Ik-Kyung Jang, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
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Disclosure
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE:
Grants/Research Support: LightLab Imaging/St. Jude
Medical, Medtronic, Astra Zeneca, InfraReDx
Consulting: LightLab Imaging/St. Jude, Japan Stent
Technology
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Background
Ex Vivo Validation
Coronary Plaque Characterization
Limitations
Recent Development
Future Research
OCT
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Background
Ex Vivo Validation
Coronary Plaque Characterization
Limitations
Recent Development
Future Research
OCT
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Image Generation • Measure echo time
delay of reflected
light waves
• One pixel 5 x 19
um
• One axial line
1024 pixels
• One frame 500
axial lines
• Optical resolution
15 axial, 20 to 40 um
transverse
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Optical Coherence Tomography
• Optical analog of ultrasound
• Cross-sectional imaging
• 10 µm resolution
• 2 mm penetration depth
• Blood free zone
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Background
Ex Vivo Validation
Coronary Plaque Characterization
Limitations
Recent Development
Future Research
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Ex Vivo Study Results
.96 NPV .97 SPEC
.88 PPV .87 SENS
.95 NPV 1.0 SPEC
1.0 PPV .95 SENS
.97 NPV .94 SPEC
.81 PPV .92 SENS
Fibrous
Calcific
Lipid pool
Yabushita, .. Jang, Bouma, Tearney. Circulation 2002
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Normal artery wall with mild intimal thickening
Calcified Plaque Fibrofatty plaque
Plaque Characterization
Intima
Media
Adventitia
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OCT measurement (탆)
His
tolo
gic
mea
sure
men
t (탆
)
y = 1.02x+3.8
r = 0.89
p < 0.0001
Fibrous cap thickness
Correlation between OCT and histology
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Macrophage
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Linear NSD vs. CD68
SENS 100% (70-100%)
SPEC 100% (60 -100%)
CD68 % area > 10 % -
NSD cutoff 6.2%
Tearney, .. Jang, Bouma. Circulation 2003
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Red thrombus
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White thrombus
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Image Interpretation
Tissue Type Image Characteristics
OCT IVUS
Fiber - Homogenous - High reflectivity - Low attenuation
- Homogenous - High reflectivity
Calcium - Sharp edges - Low reflectivity - Low attenuation
- Very high reflectivity - Strong shadowing
Lipid - Diffuse edges - High reflectivity - High attenuation
- Low reflectivity
Red Thrombus - Medium reflectivity - High attenuation
- Medium to high reflectivity
White Thrombus - Medium reflectivity - Low attenuation
- Medium to high reflectivity
Foam Cells - Very high reflectivity - Coarse texture - Uneven shadowing
- Not resolvable
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Background
Ex Vivo Validation
Coronary Plaque Characterization
Limitations
Recent Development
Future Research
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AMI v ACS v SAP: OCT Findings
AMI
(n=20)
ACS
(n=20)
SAP
(n=17)
P value
Lipid-rich plaque 90% 75% 58% 0.09
FCT, µm 47 53.8 102.6 0.03
TCFA 72% 50% 20% 0.01
Jang. Circulation 2005
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PCI
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Pre-Intervention Imaging
Calc
ifie
d +
Thro
mbus
Lip
id
Fib
roti
c
• What exactly is the problem?
• How should I correct the problem?
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Post-Intervention Imaging
Well
-Oppose
d
Mala
pposi
tion
Edge
Dis
sect
ion
• Did I correct the problem?
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Follow-Up Imaging
Neoin
tim
al
Hyperp
lasi
a
Thin
Neoin
tim
a
• What is the vascular response?
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1 mm 1 mm 1 mm
100 mm 100 mm
Freshly implanted DES follow-up BMS follow-up
Vascular Response to Stenting
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FD-OCT vs IVUS
• Edge dissection during
stent implantation
• Neointimal growth on
previously implanted stent
at follow-up
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Comparison of OCT and IVUS Findings
Post Stenting
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18
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18
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20
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Dissection Tissue
prolapse
Incomplete
apposition
Irregular
struts
OCT
IVUS
Nu
mb
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of
ste
nts
Bouma, Jang, Heart 2003
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Axial Resolution 12 - 15 mm (axial) 15 - 20 mm (axial) 100 - 200 mm (axial)
Beam Width 20 – 40 mm 20 – 40 mm 200 - 300 mm
Frame Rate 100 frames/s 15 – 20 frames/s 30 frames/s
Pullback Speed 20 mm/s 1 – 1.5 mm/s 0.5 - 1 mm/s
Max. Scan Dia. 10 mm 6.8 mm 15 mm
Tissue Penetration 1.0 - 2.0 mm 1.0 - 2.0 mm 10 mm
Lines per Frame 500 240 256
Lateral Sampling (3mm
Artery)
19 um 39 um 225 um
M2
M3 C7XR IVUS
Performance Comparison
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Background
Ex Vivo Validation
Coronary Plaque Characterization
Limitations
Recent Development
Future Research
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Limitations of OCT
1. Need to create blood free zone
2. Shallow penetration depth
3. No functional (physiologic) information
Lowe H, Narula J, Fujimoto J, Jang IK. JACC CV Intev. In press.
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Background
Ex Vivo Validation
Coronary Plaque Characterization
Limitations
Recent Development
Future Research
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Fourier Domain OCT
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Time-Domain OCT
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Frequency-Domain OCT
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FD OCT
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FD OCT Pullback
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FD OCT Pullback
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ISR after bifurcation stenting
Courtesy of E. Regar, Rotterdam
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Background
Ex Vivo Validation
Coronary Plaque Characterization
Limitations
Recent Development
Future Research
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Issue
Lack of correlation between OCT
finding and clinical outcome!
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MGH OCT Registry
- Target #: 3000 (~ 5000) patients
- Follow up: 3-5 years
- Start: June 1, 2010
- Sites: 20
http://www.massgeneral.org/octregistry
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Thank You