Scaffold Manufacturer Design Drug-elution Strut thickness (μm) Resorption time (months) Polymeric Igaki-Tamai Kyoto medical Zigzag hoops No 170 24–36 BVS1.0 Abbott vascular Circumferential hoops Everolimus 150 24–48 BVS1.1 Abbott vascular…
3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months ≥2 years Type of stent Uncovered stent (%) Malapposition Uncovered stent (%) Malapposition Uncovered stent (%) Malapposition Uncovered stent (%) Malapposition…
Fig. 12.1 Representative images of various stages of newly formed atherosclerotic changes within neointima after stent implantation. (a) Foamy macrophage clusters in the peristrut region of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) implanted…
Study investigator Number Female (%) Age LM LAD (%) LCX (%) RCA (%) STEMI (%) NSTEMI/USA (%) Thrombolysis (%) Medical (%) PCI (%) CABG (%) Romero-Rodriguez et al. [8] 19…
Fig. 9.1 Classification of strut apposition by OCT. (a) Embedded struts (arrows), (b) protruding-covered struts (arrows), (c) protruding-uncovered (arrows) and malapposed struts (arrow heads) Fig. 9.2 Strut level analysis including…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Ik-Kyung Jang (ed.)Cardiovascular OCT Imaging10.1007/978-3-319-10801-8_14 14. Consensus Documents Luca Di Vito1, Valeria Marco1, Mario Albertucci2 and Francesco Prati3 (1) CLI Foundation, Rome, Italy (2) Department of Surgery, San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital and CLI Foundation,…
Radiopharmaceutical Targeted biologic process Uptake mechanism Physical half-life FDA-approved 15O-water Myocardial perfusion Freely diffusible 2 min No 13N-ammonia Myocardial perfusion Metabolic trapping 10 min Yes 82Rubidium Myocardial perfusion Na/K ATPase…
Fig. 15.1 Degree of coronary stenosis and subsequent cardiovascular events. In the coronary arteries, less obstructive plaques outnumber severely obstructive plaques. Vascular occlusions and cardiovascular events evolve most frequently from…
Fig. 13.1 Schematic overview of plaque development. Starting from the upper left panel (I) with a healthy vessel wall, in counterclockwise direction, each panel shows the major molecular and cellular…
Fig. 12.1 Cellular and architectural microscopic morphology of the normal aortic valve (Adapted from Rajamannan et al. [23]) 12.4.3 μOCT Imaging of Aortic Valves Investigation of heart valve calcification has…
