Determinants and long-term outcomes of largely uncovered struts in thin-struts drug-eluting stents assessed by optical coherence tomography.
Francesco MorettiChiara BernelliDario PellegriniGiacomo G BoccuzziFrancesco ColomboVasile SirbuAngelina VassilevaLuigi FioccaPaolo CanovaHiram BezerraGabriel T R PereiraAlberto Francesco CeredaLeonardo De LucaFrancesco SaiaDavide CapodannoGiulio GuagliumiPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2023)
LUS are a frequent finding in complex coronary lesions treated with thin-struts DES, especially in the presence of plaque rupture. However, in this study, no significant safety signal related to LUS emerged in long-term follow-up.