Post-dilatation after implantation of bioresorbable everolimus- and novolimus-eluting scaffolds: an observational optical coherence tomography study of acute mechanical effects.
Florian BlachutzikNiklas BoederJens WiebeAlessio MattesiniOliver DörrAstrid MostTimm BauerJens RötherMonique TröbsChristian SchlundtStephan AchenbachChristian W HammHolger M NefPublished in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2016)
Post-dilatation of BRS with non-compliant balloons significantly reduces the number of malapposed struts and incomplete scaffold apposition area without inducing higher rates of edge dissection or strut fracture.