Changes to polymer surface of drug-eluting stents during balloon expansion

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 2148-2150

  Denardo, Scott J ^a   Carpinone, Paul L ^a   Vock, David M ^a   Batich, Christopher D ^a   Pepine, Carl J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ABLUMINAL POLYMER SURFACE; ADLUMINAL POLYMER SURFACE; BALLOON DILATATION; BARE METAL STENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MATERIAL STATE; MICROPARTICLE DETACHMENT; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLYMER SURFACE DEFORMATION; POLYMER SURFACE DELAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84861401058     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.4111     Document Type: Letter

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