Association of localized hypersensitivity and in-stent neoatherosclerosis with the very late drug-eluting stent thrombosis.

BACKGROUND:Localized hypersensitivity reaction, delayed arterial healing, and neoatherosclerosis inside the stent have been suggested as the underlying pathologic mechanisms of very late stent thrombosis (VLST) of drug-eluting stent (DES). The present study sought to explore the prevalence of inflam...

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Main Authors: Kyohei Yamaji, Shunsuke Kubo, Katsumi Inoue, Kazushige Kadota, Shoichi Kuramitsu, Shinichi Shirai, Kenji Ando, Masakiyo Nobuyoshi, Kazuaki Mitsudo, Takeshi Kimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4244219?pdf=render