Diagnostic accuracy of optical coherence tomography for the identification of in-stent fibroatheroma following stent implantation: an ex vivo histological validation study

The accurate identification of in-stent fibroatheroma by in vivo imaging is clinically important to preventing the late catch-up phenomenon after stent deployment. This study investigated the diagnostic accuracy of optical coherence tomography (OCT) for the detection of "in-stent fibroatheroma" following stent implantation. Fifty stented coronary arteries from the 31 autopsy hearts were examined to compare OCT and histological image findings. A histological in-stent fibroatheroma was defined as a neointima containing ...
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Kenichi Fujii