Relationship between neointimal coverage of sirolimus-eluting stents and lesion characteristics. A study with serial coronary angioscopy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-104

  Yamamoto, Masanori ^a   Okamatsu, Kentaro ^a   Inami, Shigenobu ^b   Takano, Masamichi ^b   Yokoyama, Shinya ^a   Ohba, Takayoshi ^a   Ibuki, Chikao ^a   Hata, Noritake ^a   Seino, Yoshihiko ^a   Mizuno, Kyoichi ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; RAPAMYCIN; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SIROLIMUS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 67049164765     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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