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Bioresorbable vascular scaffold treatment induces the formation of neointimal cap that seals the underlying plaque without compromising the luminal dimensions: a concept based on serial optical coherence tomography data.
EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology - 1 Nov 2015
Bourantas Christos V, Serruys Patrick W, Nakatani Shimpei, Zhang Yao-Jun, Farooq Vasim, Diletti Roberto, Ligthart Jurgen, Sheehy Alexander, van Geuns Robert-Jan M, McClean Dougal, Chevalier Bernard, Windecker Stephan, Koolen Jacques, Ormiston John, Whitbourn Robert, Rapoza Richard, Veldhof Susan, Onuma Yoshinobu, Garcia-Garcia Hector M
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AIMS: To evaluate the implications of an Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold (Absorb BVS) on the morphology of the superficial plaques. METHODS AND RESULTS: Forty-six patients who underwent Absorb BVS implantation and 20 patients implanted with bare metal stents (BMS) who had serial optical coherence tomographic examination at baseline and follow-up were included in this analysis. The thin-capped...
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