Characteristics of Earlier Versus Delayed Presentation of Very Late Drug-Eluting Stent Thrombosis: An Optical Coherence Tomographic Study [Coronary Heart Disease]

ConclusionsThe pathological mechanisms of very late DES thrombosis changed over time. Delayed neointimal healing remained a substantial substrate for VLST, even long after DES implantation.

Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - April 14, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Lee, S.-Y., Ahn, J.-M., Mintz, G. S., Hur, S.-H., Choi, S.-Y., Kim, S.-W., Cho, J. M., Hong, S. J., Kim, J. W., Hong, Y. J., Lee, S.-G., Shin, D.-H., Kim, J.-S., Kim, B.-K., Ko, Y.-G., Choi, D., Jang, Y., Park, S.-J., Hong, M.-K. Tags: Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Stent Original Research Source Type: research