Catheter Based Imaging for Percutaneous Medical Device Placement

Percutaneous medical device placement has become the leading method for less invasive cardiothorasic surgery. A study was performed on the relationship between procedure indications and outcomes of percutaneous coronary interventions which referenced the ACC National Cardiovascular Data Registry for the period of January 1, 2001, through March 31, 2004 indicated that nearly 500,000 percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI's) had been performed and was still climbing at considerable rates (2).The coronary interventions reviewed had been classified from mild to high risk starting with Class I (Patients with asymptomatic or mild angina, to Class II and Class III (patients with unstable angina) (2). For the number of cases reported, a medical device that could image vasculature with simultaneous deployment could change the face o