PMID- 28064551 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170227 LR - 20170227 IS - 1745-2422 (Electronic) IS - 1743-4440 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 2 DP - 2017 Feb TI - FD-OCT and IVUS intravascular imaging modalities in peripheral vasculature. PG - 127-134 LID - 10.1080/17434440.2017.1280391 [doi] AB - Intra-Vascular Ultra-Sound (IVUS) and Frequency Domain-Optical Coherence Tomography (FD-OCT), in vivo, intra-vascular, imaging modalities, widely used in the field of coronary disease, have been recently implemented in peripheral endovascular procedures, for procedural assessment, plaque characterization and determination of predictors of treatment outcomes. Their unique characteristics have also been used in order to provide additional features and improve the performance of re-entry devices and atherotomes. Areas covered: Present review focuses on available literature regarding these two promising imaging technologies in the peripheral vasculature, highlighting the added value produced by their use in endovascular therapy, their limitations and their utilization in new endovascular devices. Authors also provide their future perspective and the possible benefits in understanding vascular behavior and lesion characterization in peripheral endovascular interventions. Expert commentary: By providing both quantitative but also qualitative data on vessel and lesion morphology, intravascular imaging modalities offer a valid solution for endovascular treatment evaluation and outcome presentation homogeneity. FAU - Spiliopoulos, S AU - Spiliopoulos S AD - a 2nd Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology , Attikon University General Hospital , Athens , Greece. FAU - Kitrou, P AU - Kitrou P AD - b Interventional Radiology Department , Patras University Hospital , Patras , Greece. FAU - Katsanos, K AU - Katsanos K AD - b Interventional Radiology Department , Patras University Hospital , Patras , Greece. AD - c Interventional Radiology Department , Guy's and St Thomas Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK. FAU - Karnabatidis, D AU - Karnabatidis D AD - b Interventional Radiology Department , Patras University Hospital , Patras , Greece. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20170113 PL - England TA - Expert Rev Med Devices JT - Expert review of medical devices JID - 101230445 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - *Multimodal Imaging MH - Peripheral Vascular Diseases/*diagnosis/pathology MH - Tomography, Optical Coherence/*methods MH - Ultrasonography, Interventional/*methods OTO - NOTNLM OT - FD-OCT OT - IVUS OT - OCT OT - Optical coherence tomography OT - atherectomy OT - intravascular imaging OT - intravascular ultrasound OT - peripheral OT - re-entry devices OT - stents EDAT- 2017/01/10 06:00 MHDA- 2017/02/28 06:00 CRDT- 2017/01/10 06:00 PHST- 2017/01/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/02/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/01/10 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/17434440.2017.1280391 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Expert Rev Med Devices. 2017 Feb;14(2):127-134. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2017.1280391. Epub 2017 Jan 13.