NHS Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, said patients there who need stents fitted in their heart arteries are the first in Scotland to have the procedure performed using guided AI technology.
During percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) operations to treat coronary artery disease, stents are placed in narrowed coronary arteries to keep them open and maintain blood flow to the heart.Cardiologists at the hospital carry out planned PCIs using the new Ultreon 1.0 Software which merges the existing imaging technique of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) - which gives a view inside an artery - with AI for better visualisation, enabling faster, more accurate decisions.Using both tools together gives cardiologists a.
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