Drug-eluting stent treatment of left main coronary artery disease: the case for a sirolimus-eluting, autoexpandable alternative. An optical coherence tomography analysis

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Nov 15:199:119-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.07.006. Epub 2015 Jul 11.

Authors

Dario Buccheri¹, Pedro Silva Orrego², Bernardo Cortese³

Affiliations

¹ Interventional Cardiology, A.O. Fatebenefratelli, Milano, Italy; Interventional Cardiology, A.O.U.P. Paolo Giaccone, Palermo, Italy.
² Interventional Cardiology, A.O. Fatebenefratelli, Milano, Italy.
³ Interventional Cardiology, A.O. Fatebenefratelli, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26188831
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.07.006

No abstract available

Keywords: Autoexpandable nitinol stent; Drug eluting stent; Left main coronary artery; Optical coherence tomography; Stentys SES.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiovascular Agents / therapeutic use
Coronary Angiography / methods
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Artery Disease / surgery*
Coronary Restenosis / therapy
Drug-Eluting Stents / statistics & numerical data*
Guidelines as Topic
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction / pathology
Sirolimus / therapeutic use*
Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*

Substances

Cardiovascular Agents
Sirolimus