Atherosclerosis is the main cause of coronary heart disease, which is today the leading
cause of death worldwide and will continue to be the first in the world in 2030. In the …

Gray-scale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is the modality that has been established as the
golden standard for in vivo imaging of the vessel wall of the coronary arteries. The use of …

Background Drug-eluting metallic coronary stents predispose to late stent thrombosis,
prevent late lumen vessel enlargement, hinder surgical revascularisation, and impair …

Gruntzig in 1977 was a huge leap forward in cardiovascular medicine and undoubtedly will
always be remembered as a revolution in the field of revascularization. However, this …

Background—The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term safety of the Igaki-
Tamai stent, the first-in-human fully biodegradable coronary stent made of poly-l-lactic acid …

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is rapidly becoming the method of choice for
assessing arterial wall pathology in vivo. Atherosclerotic plaques can be diagnosed with …

Aims To analyse the vasoreactivity of a coronary segment, previously scaffolded by the
ABSORB bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) device, in relationship to its intravascular …

Aims To test the hypothesis that near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) combined with
intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) would provide novel information of human coronary plaque …

Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the in vivo frequency and distribution of high-risk
plaques (ie, necrotic core rich) at bifurcations using a combined plaque assessment with …

Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BRS) represent a novel approach to provide transient
vessel support to drug-delivery capability without the long-term limitations of metallic drug …