Impacts of lesion angle on incidence and distribution of acute vessel wall injuries and strut malapposition after drug-eluting stent implantation assessed by optical coherence tomography

Conclusions
Angled coronary lesions had a higher incidence rate of OCT-detected vessel wall injuries and ISA compared with non-angled lesions following second-generation DES implantation. Further studies are needed to understand the long-term clinical significance of these findings.

Source: European Journal of Echocardiography - November 16, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Minami, Y., Ong, D. S., Uemura, S., Wang, Z., Aguirre, A. D., Mukhopadhyay, S., Soeda, T., Vergallo, R., Jia, H., Tian, J., Hu, S., Kim, S. J., Park, C.-B., Dauerman, H. L., Lee, S., Jang, I.-K. Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research