Atherosclerotic plaque behind the stent changes after bare-metal and drug-eluting stent implantation in humans: Implications for late stent failure?

Atherosclerotic plaque behind the stent changes after bare-metal and drug-eluting stent implantation in humans: Implications for late stent failure?

Background and aims The natural history and the role of atherosclerotic plaque located behind the stent (PBS) are still poorly understood. We evaluated the serial changes in PBS following bare-metal (BMS) compared to first-generation drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation and the impact of these chan...

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Main Authors: Takahashi, Saeko (Author), Tsuda, Masaya (Author), Shishido, Koki (Author), Mizuno, Shingo (Author), Coskun, Ahmet U. (Author), Saito, Shigeru (Author), Feldman, Charles L. (Author), Stone, Peter H. (Author), Andreou, Ioannis (Contributor), Antoniadis, Antonios (Contributor), Papafaklis, Michail (Contributor), Edelman, Elazer R (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Medical Engineering & Science (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2017-12-18T14:28:49Z.
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