Coronary Stent Strut Fractures: Classification, Prevalence and Clinical Associations

Coronary Stent Strut Fractures: Classification, Prevalence and Clinical Associations

Introduction. The frequency, characteristics and clinical implications of Strut fractures (SFs) remain incompletely understood. Methods and results. A total of 185 (160 patients) newer-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) were imaged. SFs were found in 21 DES (11.4%) and were classified in four patt...

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Main Authors: Katharina Schochlow, Melissa Weissner, Florian Blachutzik, Niklas F. Boeder, Monique Tröbs, Liv Lorenz, Jouke Dijkstra, Thomas Münzel, Stephan Achenbach, Holger Nef, Tommaso Gori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
coronary stent
bioresorbable scaffold
optical coherence tomography
stent thrombosis
stent restenosis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/8/1765

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