"Baumkuchen" Structure Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography After 15 Years of Bare-Metal Stent Implantation

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 Dec 10;11(23):2431-2432. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2018.09.014. Epub 2018 Nov 15.

Authors

Nozomu Yukimitsu¹, Hirofumi Hioki², Hiroyuki Kyono¹, Fukuko Nagura¹, Ken Kozuma¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Teikyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Cardiology, Teikyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: hioki.teikyo@gmail.com.

PMID: 30448168
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2018.09.014

No abstract available

Keywords: bare-metal stent(s); in-stent restenosis; multiple signal layer; optical coherence tomography.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Artery Disease / therapy*
Coronary Restenosis / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Restenosis / etiology
Humans
Male
Metals*
Middle Aged
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / adverse effects
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / instrumentation*
Predictive Value of Tests
Prosthesis Design
Stents*
Time Factors
Tomography, Optical Coherence*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Metals