Neointima and neoatherosclerotic characteristics in bare metal and first- and second-generation drug-eluting stents in patients admitted with cardiovascular events attributed to stent failure: an optical coherence tomography study

Rodrigue Stettler1, MD; Jouke Dijkstra2, PhD; Lorenz Räber3, MD, PhD; Ryo Torii4, PhD; Yao-Jun Zhang5, MD, PhD; Antonis Karanasos6, MD, PhD; Shengnan Liu2, MSc; Tom Crake1, MD; Steve Hamshere1, MBBS; Hector M. Garcia-Garcia6, MD, PhD; Erhan Tenekecioglu6, MD, PhD; Muhiddin Ozkor1, MD; Stephan Windecker3, MD; Patrick W. Serruys6,7, MD, PhD; Evelyn Regar6, MD, PhD; Anthony Mathur1, MD, PhD; Christos V. Bourantas1,8*, MD, PhD