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A Murine Model of Stent Implantation in the Carotid Artery for the Study of Restenosis
Published on: May 14, 2013
A calcified neointima--"stent" within a stent
Clare E Appleby1, Sanh Bui, Vladimír Dzavík
1Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
|March 5, 2009
Abstract:
De novo atherosclerosis arising within a coronary stent is rare and generally occurs many years after stent deployment. We describe a case of restenosis in a patient presenting with angina 8 years after original stent deployment. Intravascular ultrasound greyscale imaging and virtual histology demonstrated that this "neointima" was calcified.
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