Natural history of optical coherence tomography-detected non-flow-limiting edge dissections following drug-eluting stent implantation
EuroIntervention 2014;9:1085-1094 published online ahead of print August 2013. DOI: 10.4244/EIJV9I9A183
Maria D. Radu1,2, MD; Lorenz Räber2,3, MD; Jungho Heo2, MD; Bill D. Gogas2, MD; Erik Jørgensen1, MD; Henning Kelbæk1, MD, DMSci; Takashi Muramatsu2, MD; Vasim Farooq2, MBChB, MRCP; Steffen Helqvist1, MD, DMSci; Hector M. Garcia-Garcia4, MD, PhD; Stephan Windecker3, MD; Kari Saunamäki1, MD, DMSci; Patrick W. Serruys2* , MD, PhD
1. Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; 2. Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 3. Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland; 4. Cardialysis BV, Rotterdam, The
Aims: Angiographic evidence of edge dissections has been associated with a risk of early stent thrombosis. Optical coherence tomography