Short- and mid-term influence of drug-coated stent implantation on structural and functional vascular healing response: An optical coherence tomography and acetylcholine testing study.
Kenichi FujiiKenichi FujiiSatoru OtsujiShin TakiuchiKatsuyuki HasegawaKasumi IshibuchiRui IshiiWataru YamamotoSho NakabayashiYorihiko HigashinoPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2020)
The morphological assessment of DCS with OCT revealed a high degree of strut coverage and apposition at 4 weeks after implantation. The impaired endothelium-dependent vasomotor response tended to improve chronologically from baseline to 1 month and 1 year later.