While coronary atherosclerosis is a leading cause of mortality, evaluation of coronary
lesions was previously limited to either indirect angiographic assessment of the lumen …

Background Despite rapid dissemination of an everolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffold for
treatment for coronary artery disease, no data from comparisons with its metallic stent …

Background Recent reports suggest an elevated incidence of bioresorbable vascular
scaffold (BVS) thrombosis (scaffold thrombosis [ScT]). Objectives This study investigated …

Bioresorbable scaffolds have the potential to introduce a paradigm shift in interventional
cardiology, a true anatomical and functional “vascular restoration” instead of an artificial stiff …

Aims: Next to patient characteristics, the lack of a standardised approach for bioresorbable
vascular scaffold (BVS) implantation is perceived as a potential explanation for the …

Background The impact of acute stent malapposition (ASM) on long‐term clinical outcomes
in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention is still controversial. We sought …

Percutaneous coronary intervention, which is safe, effective, and timely, has become an
important treatment for coronary artery diseases and has been widely used in clinical …

Aims: While bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) are increasingly used in clinical
practice, their behaviour when post-dilated beyond their recommended maximum …

The Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold (Absorb BVS, Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara,
California) promises to address some of the residual shortcomings of existing metallic stents …

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a novel image modality with higher resolution in the
catheterization laboratory. It can differentiate tissue characteristics and provide detailed …