Neointimal coverage of sirolimus-eluting stents at 6-month follow-up: evaluated by optical coherence tomography by Daisuke Matsumoto, Junya Shite, Toshiro Shinke, Hiromasa Otake, Yusuke Tanino, Daisuke Ogasawara, Takahiro Sawada, Oscar Luis Paredes, Ken-ichi Hirata, and Mitsuhiro Yokoyama EHJ Volume 28(8): April 19, 2007 © The European Society of Cardiology All rights reserved. For Permissions, please
Classification of SES strut conditions by OCT. (A) Well-apposed with neointimal coverage. Daisuke Matsumoto et al. Eur Heart J 2007;28: © The European Society of Cardiology All rights reserved. For Permissions, please
Distribution of percentage of neointimal area (%NA) determined by IVUS at the site of minimum lumen area of SES at 6-month follow-up. Daisuke Matsumoto et al. Eur Heart J 2007;28: © The European Society of Cardiology All rights reserved. For Permissions, please
Representative cross-sectional images of SES at 6-month follow-up obtained at the same distance from a major side branch by IVUS and OCT. Daisuke Matsumoto et al. Eur Heart J 2007;28: © The European Society of Cardiology All rights reserved. For Permissions, please
Distribution of the thickness of neointima (NI) on SES struts. Daisuke Matsumoto et al. Eur Heart J 2007;28: © The European Society of Cardiology All rights reserved. For Permissions, please
Distribution of SES strut condition. Daisuke Matsumoto et al. Eur Heart J 2007;28: © The European Society of Cardiology All rights reserved. For Permissions, please
Factors predisposing SES malapposition. Daisuke Matsumoto et al. Eur Heart J 2007;28: © The European Society of Cardiology All rights reserved. For Permissions, please
OCT images of SES malapposition occurring at CTO site (left panel) and at SES overlapping site (middle panel), and well-apposed SES in bare metal stent (BMS) restenosis (right panel). Daisuke Matsumoto et al. Eur Heart J 2007;28: © The European Society of Cardiology All rights reserved. For Permissions, please
A case with thrombus (Th) presumed to have developed due to malapposed (Mal) struts in SES. Angiogram and OCT scanning. Daisuke Matsumoto et al. Eur Heart J 2007;28: © The European Society of Cardiology All rights reserved. For Permissions, please