Chronic total occlusion is associated with a higher incidence of malapposition and uncovered stent struts: OCT findings at 6 months following DES implantation

Abstract

Patients with CTO lesions showed unfavorable responses to DES in the acute phase as well as at the 6-month follow-up, indicating the important pathological link between the original lesion morphology underneath the stents and heterogeneous artery healing. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.