The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
Editorial
Serial assessment of tissue growth inside and outside the stent after implantation of drug-eluting stent in clinical trials. - Does delayed neointimal growth exist?
EuroInterv.2005;1:253-255.
Jiro Aoki1, MD; Alexandre C. Abizaid2, MD, PhD; Andrew.T.L. Ong1, MBBS, FRACP; Keiichi Tsuchida1, MD, PhD; Patrick W. Serruys*1, MD, PhD.
1. Thoraxcenter Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; 2. Institute Dante Pazzanese of Cardiology, São Paulo, Brazil
Drug-eluting stents (DES) dramatically reduce neointimal growth at 6 or 9 months compared to bare metal stents (BMS).1-3 Although long term follow-up after DES implantation shows a s