Optical coherence tomographic analysis of drug-eluting in-stent restenosis at different times: A STROBE compliant study.

ABSTRACT: The imaging characteristics of drug-eluting in-stent restenosis (ISR) at different times varied; however, the mechanism had not yet been elucidated.To analyze the imaging characteristics of drug-eluting ISR at different time points by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and investigate the cause of the stent treatment failure.A total of 70 patients with drug-eluting ISR undergoing OCT were enrolled (intimal hyperplasia ≥50% of stent area) and implanted with drug-eluting stents. According to stent implantation time, the patients were divided into 2 groups: early in-stent restenosis group (E-ISR group) (group A, n = 35, stent age ≤12 months) and late in-stent restenosis group (L-ISR group) (group B, n = 35, stent age ≥24 months). A qualitative analysis of the restenosis tissue included the na

SUBMITTER: Feng C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6372013 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature