title: Late Malapposition After Bare-Metal Stent, But Not Bioresorbable Scaffold: Insights on Intraindividual Heterogeneity in Plaque and Device Response.
abstract: We present a case of late acquired bare-metal stent malapposition and uncovered struts, visible at angiography and confirmed by optical frequency domain imaging. In the same patient, an everolimus-eluting biovascular scaffold in another vessel was well apposed and all struts were covered. This case highlights the potential heterogeneity in the evolution of atherosclerotic plaques and response to different devices in the same patient.
authors.affiliation: Fatebenefratelly Hospital, Corso di Porta Nuova 23, 20121 Milano, Italy. bcortese@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cortese
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buccheri
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Silva Orrego
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biondi-Zoccai
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D058226:Plaque, Atherosclerotic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D015607:Stents; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence