VESSEL PREPARATION IMPROVES DRUG ELUTING STENT (DES) EXPANSION PARAMETERS VERSUS DIRECT CORONARY STENTING IN NON-COMPLEX LESIONS AS ASSESSED BY HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT)

DES may be deployed with or without vessel prep in uncalcified CAD. It is unknown if vessel prep improves DES expansion/apposition vs. high-pressure direct stenting and if the architecture of individual DES platforms impacts expansion. High-resolution OCT is an ideal tool for measuring DES sizing/