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Head to head comparison of optical coherence tomography, intravascular ultrasound echogenicity and virtual histology for the detection of changes in polymeric struts over time: insights from the ABSORB trial

Salvatore Brugaletta, Josep Gomez-Lara, Nico Bruining, Maria D Radu, Robert-Jan van Geuns, Leif Thuesen, Dougal McClean, Jacques Koolen, Stephan Windecker, Robert Whitbourn, James Oberhauser, Richard Rapoza, John A Ormiston, Hector M Garcia-Garcia, Patrick W Serruys

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    Abstract

    To analyse and to compare the changes in the various optical coherence tomography (OCT), echogenicity and intravascular ultrasound virtual histology (VH) of the everolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffold (ABSORB) degradation parameters during the first 12 months after ABSORB implantation. In the ABSORB study, changes in the appearance of the ABSORB scaffold were monitored over time using various intracoronary imaging modalities. The scaffold struts exhibited a progressive change in their black core area by OCT, in their ultrasound derived grey level intensity quantified by echogenicity, and in their backscattering ultrasound signal, identified as "pseudo dense-calcium" (DC) by VH.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalEuroIntervention
    Volume8
    Issue number3
    Pages (from-to)352-8
    Number of pages7
    ISSN1774-024X
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

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