The study is proposed as a 48-patient randomized-controlled pilot study that will use Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging to compare stent strut coverage and malapposition of three second-generation Drug Eluting Stents (DES) \[Xience EES (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA), Resolute Integrity ZES (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN) and Promus Element EES (Boston Scientific, Natick, MA)\] at 6 weeks post implantation. Study Hypothesis is that the rates of stent strut coverage and malapposition of the Xience EES, Promus EES and will be similar to each other and improved (higher rates of stent strut coverage and lower rates of malapposition) compared to the Resolute ZES at 6 weeks post-implantation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
3
VA North Texas Health Care System
Dallas, Texas, United States
Stent Strut Coverage
Time frame: 6 weeks post-implantation
Stent Strut Malapposition
Time frame: 6 weeks post-implantation
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