Open AccessLongitudinal Monitoring of Flow-Diverting Stent Tissue Coverage After Implant in a Bifurcation Model Using Neurovascular High-Frequency Optical Coherence Tomography
Author(s) -
Jildaz Caroff,
R King,
Giovanni Jacopo Ughi,
M Marosfői,
Erin Langan,
Christopher M. Raskett,
Ajit S. Puri,
Matthew J. Gounis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.455
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1093/neuros/nyaa208
Subject(s) - ostium , optical coherence tomography , medicine , neurovascular bundle , implant , biomedical engineering , bifurcation , radiology , nuclear medicine , anatomy , cardiology , surgery , physics , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics
Tissue growth over covered branches is a leading cause of delayed thrombotic complications after flow-diverter stenting (FDS). Due to insufficient resolution, no imaging modality is clinically available to monitor this phenomenon.