One Step Forward and Two Steps Back With Drug-Eluting-Stents. From Preventing Restenosis to Causing Late Thrombosis and Nouveau Atherosclerosis

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 625-628

  Nakazawa, Gaku ^a   Vorpahl, Marc ^a   Finn, Aloke V ^b   Narula, Jagat ^c   Virmani, Renu ^a  

^a CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; drug eluting stent; pathology

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BARE METAL STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INTIMA; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; STENT THROMBOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANGIOSCOPY; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; METALS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REGISTRIES; SIROLIMUS; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 65549161443     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.01.011     Document Type: Editorial

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