Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease results in >19 million deaths annually, and coronary
heart disease accounts for the majority of this toll. Despite major advances in treatment of …

Background Preliminary reports of studies involving simple coronary lesions indicate that a
sirolimus-eluting stent significantly reduces the risk of restenosis after percutaneous coronary …

The committee consisted of acknowledged experts in IVUS representing the ACC (10 members)
and the European Society of Cardiology (2 members). Both the academic and private …

Objectives : The purpose of this document is to make the output of the International Working
Group for Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography (IWG-IVOCT) Standardization and …

Background— This study evaluated a large group of patients enrolled in a double-blind
randomized trial of the sirolimus-eluting stent to document whether the initial clinical …

BACKGROUND Atherosclerotic plaque fracture and dissection of the arterial wall are frequent
concomitants of the balloon angioplasty process. The composition and morphology of …

Background— A relatively simple, invasive method for quantitatively assessing the status of
the coronary microcirculation independent of the epicardial artery is lacking. Methods and …

Context A thin, cobalt-chromium stent eluting the antiproliferative agent everolimus from a
nonadhesive, durable fluoropolymer has shown promise in preliminary studies in improving …

The organization of eukaryotic genomes into distinct structural and functional domains is
important for the regulation and transduction of genetic information. Here, we investigated …

Background—Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) can assess stent geometry more accurately
than angiography. Several studies have demonstrated that the degree of stent expansion as …