Neointimal tissue rupture as a mechanism of myocardial infarction very late following implantation of bare metal stents. Insights from optical coherence tomography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 348-349

  Davlouros, Periklis A ^a   Karantalis, Vasileios ^a   Mavronassiou, Eleni ^a   Alexopoulos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Myocardial infarction; OCT; Restenosis; Stent thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BARE METAL STENT; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MALE; NEOINTIMA; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TISSUE INJURY; VEIN ANEURYSM; VERY LATE ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 79955043803     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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