Université de Fribourg

Coronary evaginations and peri-scaffold aneurysms following implantation of bioresorbable scaffolds: incidence, outcome, and optical coherence tomography analysis of possible mechanisms

Gori, Tommaso ; Jansen, Thomas ; Weissner, Melissa ; Foin, Nicolas ; Wenzel, Philip ; Schulz, Eberhard ; Cook, Stéphane ; Münzel, Thomas

In: European Heart Journal, 2016, vol. 37, no. 26, p. 2040–2049

Background Peri-stent coronary evaginations may disturb flow and have been proposed as possible risk factor for late stent thrombosis. We describe incidence, predictors, and possible mechanisms of coronary evaginations 12 months after implantation of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS).Methods and results One hundred and two BVS implanted in 90 patients...