2018
Optical coherence tomography substudy of a prospective multicentre randomised post-market trial to assess the safety and effectiveness of the Firehawk cobalt-chromium coronary stent (rapamycin target-eluting) system for the treatment of atherosclerotic lesions: TARGET All Comers.
Baumbach A, Lansky AJ, Onuma Y, Asano T, Johnson T, Anderson R, Kiemeneij F, Zheng M, Van Royen N, Slagboom T, Vlachojannis G, Xu B, Serruys P, Wijns W. Optical coherence tomography substudy of a prospective multicentre randomised post-market trial to assess the safety and effectiveness of the Firehawk cobalt-chromium coronary stent (rapamycin target-eluting) system for the treatment of atherosclerotic lesions: TARGET All Comers. EuroIntervention 2018, 14: 1121-1128. PMID: 29901441, DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-18-00226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOptical coherence tomography substudyPrimary endpointProspective multicentreStrut coveragePost-market trialDP-DESNeointimal thicknessDurable polymer drug-eluting stentsComers patient populationComplete strut coverageLate DES thrombosisSirolimus-eluting stentsStent strut coverageMean neointimal thicknessCoronary stent systemDrug-eluting stentsOCT substudyConsecutive patientsDES thrombosisPersistent inflammationPatient populationBP-DESNeointimal coverageEndothelial healingAtherosclerotic lesions
2009
A Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound Comparison of Early Drug-Eluting Stent Thrombosis Versus Restenosis
Liu X, Doi H, Maehara A, Mintz GS, de Ribamar Costa J, Sano K, Weisz G, Dangas GD, Lansky AJ, Kreps EM, Collins M, Fahy M, Stone GW, Moses JW, Leon MB, Mehran R. A Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound Comparison of Early Drug-Eluting Stent Thrombosis Versus Restenosis. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2009, 2: 428-434. PMID: 19463466, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2009.01.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStent thrombosis groupIntravascular ultrasound findingsMinimum stent areaStent areaThrombosis groupISR groupStent thrombosisUltrasound findingsIntravascular Ultrasound ComparisonProximal stent segmentISR patientsDES thrombosisEdge dissectionStent underexpansionUltrasound comparisonStent fractureThrombosis patientsEarlier drugsStent restenosisThrombosisPatientsStent expansionStent segmentRestenosisLesions