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Grayscale IVUS provides (i) high quality, tomographic imaging of the lumen, the atheroma, and the vessel wall, (ii) incremental and more detailed qualitative and quantitative information than coronary angiography, (iii) practical guidance for percutaneous coronary intervention, and (iv) many clinical and research insights. IVUS has become an important part of DES studies, representing an effective way to understand the mechanisms, effects, and complications of stent technology. PCI optimization with IVUS after stent implantation has been associated with a reduction in death as well as other hard end points of myocardial infarction and stent thrombosis. Development of high‐definition IVUS, hybrid IVUS‐OCT imaging or integration of novel techniques, including IVUS and near‐infrared spectroscopy may represent the next intracoronary imaging frontier.