Background— Systematic analysis of in vivo angioscopy and postmortem histopathology for paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) has not been previously reported. We assessed 1-month angioscopic and ...

Early reports of carotid stenting mainly used balloon-expandable stents such as the Palmaz stent (Johnson & Johnson Interventional Systems), which can usually be positioned with greater precision than ...

Individuals with diabetes mellitus have worse outcomes, and particularly a higher rate of restenosis, following revascularization than those without diabetes. The advent of drug-eluting stents has ...

Background and aim: Covered self-expandable metal stents (EMS) were recently developed to overcome tumour ingrowth in conventional EMS. However, supporting evidence for the efficacy of covered EMS is ...

Table 1. Permanent polymer drug-eluting stent characteristics. DES name Stent platform Strut thickness (µm) Polymer Antiproliferative drug ...

Clinical and procedural risk factors include overlapping stent zones, stent malapposition, premature discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy, cytochrome P450 2C19*2 loss-of-function allelic ...