Open Access“Burying” covered coronary stents under drug-eluting stents: A novel approach to ensure long-term stent patency
Author(s) -
Matthias Bossard,
Giacomo Maria Cioffi,
Mustafa Yı́ldı́rı́m,
Federico Moccetti,
Mathias Wolfrum,
Adrian Attinger,
Stefan Toggweiler,
Richard Kobza,
Florim Cuculi
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
cardiology journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1897-5593
pISSN - 1898-018X
DOI - 10.5603/cj.a2021.0096
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , restenosis , stent , cardiology , drug eluting stent , surgery , radiology
Covered coronary stent (CS) implantation is associated with a high risk for in-stent restenosis (ISR) and stent thrombosis (ST). We describe the outcomes after overstenting ("burying") CS using contemporary drug-eluting stents (DES).