Images in cardiology. The traumatic effect of balloon dilatation on neointimal hyperplasia: what we did not see before optical coherence tomography

MeSH terms

• Aged
• Angina, Unstable / therapy
• Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / adverse effects*
• Coronary Restenosis / diagnostic imaging
• Coronary Restenosis / therapy
• Coronary Vessels / injuries*
• Humans
• Hyperplasia / etiology
• Male
• Radiography
• Stents
• Tomography, Optical Coherence
• Tunica Intima / injuries