Early (before 6 months), late (6-12 months) and very late (after 12 months) angiographic scaffold restenosis in the ABSORB Cohort B trial
EuroIntervention 2015;10:1288-1298 published online ahead of print February 2014. DOI: 10.4244/EIJV10I11A218
Shimpei Nakatani1, MD; Yoshinobu Onuma1*, MD; Yuki Ishibashi1, MD, PhD; Takashi Muramatsu1, MD, PhD; Javaid Iqbal1, MRCP, PhD; Yao-Jun Zhang1, MD, PhD; Robert-Jan van Geuns1, MD, PhD; John A. Ormiston2, MBChB, PhD; Patrick W. Serruys1, MD, PhD; on behalf of the ABSORB Cohort B investigators
1. Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 2. Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Aims: The long-term follow-up of the first-in-man ABSORB Cohort B trial showed that angiographic binary restenosis can occur early, late or very late after implantation of the Absorb ever