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SUBMITTER: Kyodo A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8338436 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kyodo Atsushi A Soeda Tsunenari T Okamura Akihiko A Iwai Saki S Sakagami Azusa A Nogi Kazutaka K Kamon Daisuke D Hashimoto Yukihiro Y Ueda Tomoya T Watanabe Makoto M Saito Yoshihiko Y
Circulation reports 20210709 8
<b><i>Background:</i></b> A recent optical coherence tomography (OCT) registry showed that the presence of irregular protrusion (IP) after coronary stenting was a predictor of worse 1-year cardiovascular events. This study evaluated the clinical impact of OCT-detected IP after coronary stenting at ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) culprit lesions. <b><i>Methods and Results:</i></b> In all, 139 consecutive STEMI patients with OCT-detected IP after stenting were analyzed retrospectively. ...[more]