Drug-eluting stents in bifurcations: Bench study of strut deformation and coating lesions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-126

  Guérin, Patrice ^a   Pilet, Paul ^a   Finet, Gérard ^c,d   Gouëffic, Yann ^a,e   N'Guyen, Jean Michel ^f   Crochet, Dominique ^a,e   Tijou, Isabelle ^a   Pacaud, Pierre ^b,e   Loirand, Gervaise ^a,e  

^a L INSTITUT DU THORAX   (France)

^b Electron Microscopy Center   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^f NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Bifurcations; Coronary disease; Restenosis; Stents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; MATERIAL COATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; POLYMERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953679932     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.108.846089     Document Type: Article

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