Impact of strut thickness and number of crown and connectors on clinical outcomes on patients treated with second-generation drug eluting stent.
Mario IannacconePaolo GattiUmberto BarberoAntonia BassignanaDiego GalloMichele de BenedictisGerard HelftUmberto MorbiducciBaldassare DoronzoFabrizio D'AscenzoPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)
The findings of the study support that lower struts thickness and higher numbers of connectors have a positive clinical outcome reducing stent thrombosis and target lesion revascularizations, while the average number of stent crowns plays a secondary role.