Long-Term Vascular Healing in Response to Sirolimus- and Paclitaxel-Eluting StentsLong-Term Vascular Healing in Response to Sirolimus- and Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study
Objectives This study sought to assess stent strut coverage, malapposition, protrusion, and coronary evaginations as markers of healing 5 years after implantation of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) and paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES), by optical coherence tomography (OCT). Background Early-generation drug-eluting stents have been shown to delay vascular healing. Methods A total of 88 event-free patients with 1 randomly selected lesion were suitable for final OCT analysis 5 years after drug-eluting stent implantation. The analytical approach was based on a hierarchical Bayesian random-effects model. Results OCT analysis was performed at 5 years in 41 SES lesions with 6,380 struts, and in 47 ...
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