CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

A new optical coherence tomography-based calcium scoring system to predict stent underexpansion

EuroIntervention 2018;13:e2182-e2189 published online February 2018 published online e-edition April 2018. DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00962

Akiko Fujino
Akiko Fujino1,2, MD; Gary S. Mintz2, MD; Mitsuaki Matsumura2, BS; Tetsumin Lee1,2, MD; Song-Yi Kim1,2, MD; Masahiro Hoshino3, MD; Eisuke Usui3, MD; Taishi Yonetsu3, MD; Elizabeth S. Haag4, RN; Richard A. Shlofmitz4, MD; Tsunekazu Kakuta3, MD, PhD; Akiko Maehara1,2*, MD
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; 2. Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY, USA; 3. Cardiovascular Medicine, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital, Ibara

Aims: This was a retrospective study to develop and validate an optical coherence tomography (OCT)-based calcium scoring system to predict stent underexpansion.

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