2009-02-06
"Radio-lucent" and "radio-opaque" coronary stents characterized by multislice computed tomography
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International Journal of Cardiology , Volume 132 - Issue 1
A 71-year-old man was admitted with stable angina pectoris. The coronary lesion in the obtuse marginal branch was successfully treated with a BVS bioabsorbable poly-l-lactic acid everolimus-eluting coronary stent and a Cypher stent. On multislice computed tomography (MSCT) coronary angiography performed after stenting, the in-stent lumen within radio-lucent polymer struts of the BVS stent was clearly depicted. In contrast, the metallic struts of the Cypher stent hampered precise in-stent luminal evaluation due to blooming artifact. Non-metallic coronary stents composed of radio-lucent polymers might have potential advantages compared to metallic stents with respect to non-invasive MSCT imaging.
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doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.07.089, hdl.handle.net/1765/24378 | |
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Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
Otsuka, M., Tanimoto, S., Sianos, G., Kukreja, N., Weustink, A., Serruys, P., & de Feyter, P. (2009). "Radio-lucent" and "radio-opaque" coronary stents characterized by multislice computed tomography. International Journal of Cardiology, 132(1). doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.07.089 |