Download - Neointimal coverage of sirolimus-eluting stents at 6-month follow-up: evaluated by optical coherence tomography by Daisuke Matsumoto, Junya Shite, Toshiro.

Neointimal coverage of sirolimus-eluting stents at 6-month follow-up: evaluated by optical coherence tomography

by Daisuke Matsumoto, Junya Shite, Toshiro Shinke, Hiromasa Otake, Yusuke Tanino, Daisuke Ogasawara, Takahiro Sawada, Oscar Luis Paredes, Ken-ichi Hirata,

and Mitsuhiro Yokoyama

EHJVolume 28(8):961-967

April 19, 2007

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Classification of SES strut conditions by OCT. (A) Well-apposed with neointimal coverage.

Daisuke Matsumoto et al. Eur Heart J 2007;28:961-967


Distribution of percentage of neointimal area (%NA) determined by IVUS at the site of minimum lumen area of SES at 6-month follow-up.



Representative cross-sectional images of SES at 6-month follow-up obtained at the same distance from a major side branch by IVUS and OCT.



Distribution of the thickness of neointima (NI) on SES struts.



Distribution of SES strut condition.



Factors predisposing SES malapposition.



OCT images of SES malapposition occurring at CTO site (left panel) and at SES overlapping site (middle panel), and well-apposed SES in bare metal stent (BMS) restenosis (right panel).



A case with thrombus (Th) presumed to have developed due to malapposed (Mal) struts in SES. Angiogram and OCT scanning.

