Long-term tissue coverage of a biodegradable polylactide polymer-coated biolimus-eluting stent: Comparative sequential assessment with optical coherence tomography until complete resorption of the polymer

American Heart Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 922-931

  Gutiérrez Chico, Juan Luis ^a   Jüni, Peter ^b   García García, Héctor M ^c   Regar, Evelyn ^a   Nüesch, Eveline ^b   Borgia, Francesco ^d   Van Der Giessen, Willem J ^a   Davies, Simon ^d   Van Geuns, Robert Jan ^a   Secco, Gioel Gabrio ^d   Meis, Susanne ^e   Windecker, Stephan ^f   Serruys, Patrick W ^a   Di Mario, Carlo ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CARDIALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Biosensors International   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BES; biolimus eluting stent; DES; drug eluting stent; incomplete stent apposition; intravascular ultrasound; ISA; IVUS; minimal lumen area; MLA; neointimal hyperplasia; NIH; OCT; optical coherence tomography; PLA; polylactic acid; QCA; quantitative coronary angiography; SES; sirolimus eluting stent

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; RAPAMYCIN; UMIROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY STENOSIS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; POLYMERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SERUM ALBUMIN; SIROLIMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81255168036     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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