Comparison of serial optical coherence tomography imaging following aggressive stent expansion technique: insight from the MECHANISM study

To compare early vascular healing following cobalt-chromium everolimus-eluting stent (CoCr-EES) implantation between groups with or without aggressive stent expansion in patients treated by CoCr-EES for stable coronary artery disease (CAD). Seventy-one stable CAD lesions underwent CoCr-EES implantation and analysis of serial optical coherence tomography (OCT) images obtained post-procedure and at early-term (1- or 3-month) follow-up. The endpoints of this study were neointimal thickness at the time of 1- or 3-month ...
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