TCT-44 Impact of Stent Edge Hinging on Chronic Neointimal Hyperplasia After Newer-Generation Drug-Eluting Stent Placement in RCA

Takahiro Jimba,Masayasu Ikutomi,Masataka Yamasaki,Daigo Nishijyo,Akito Shindou,Kotaro Mochida,Tomoyoshi Yanagisawa,Takahiro Sato,Masashirou Matsushita,Satoru Ohnishi,Masao Yamasaki

TCT-44 Impact of Stent Edge Hinging on Chronic Neointimal Hyperplasia After Newer-Generation Drug-Eluting Stent Placement in RCA

2019

Takahiro Jimba
Masayasu Ikutomi
Masataka Yamasaki
Daigo Nishijyo
Akito Shindou
Kotaro Mochida
Tomoyoshi Yanagisawa
Takahiro Sato
Masashirou Matsushita
Satoru Ohnishi
Masao Yamasaki

The longitudinal straightening effect of a stent on a coronary artery can provoke the atherosclerotic process due to increase of mechanical stress around stent edge. New-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) have high flexibility and conformability, possibly moderating these stresses. The aim of this

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Stent
Drug-eluting stent
Cardiology
Internal medicine
Medicine
Neointimal hyperplasia
Artery

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