title: Relation of intimal hyperplasia thickness to stent size in paclitaxel-coated stents.
abstract: To determine the relation of intimal hyperplasia thickness to stent size in nonpolymeric paclitaxel-coated stents, intravascular ultrasound was performed after stent implantation and at 6 months. Similar to bare metal stents, this study demonstrated that intimal hyperplasia thickness is independent of stent size. There was no deleterious effect of the increased concentration associated with using the same stent design in a smaller artery, and these results suggested that stent strut density may be a more important concept than drug concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Esteban
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Escolar
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Mintz
authors.forename: Myeong-Ki
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Cheol Whan
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jae-Joong
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Neal E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Fearnot
authors.forename: Seong-Wook
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seung-Jung
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Neil J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Weissman
mesh_terms: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D015607:Stents; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D017239:Paclitaxel