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