Evaluation of coronary artery vessel wall healing at different time points in patients undergoing implantion of bioresorbable vascular scaffold by using intravascular imaging. In addition long-term clinical follow-ups are planned for all patients treated with Absorb in the institution
OCT-guided evalutation of the coronary vessel wall, endovascular healing and bioresorbable vascular scaffolds at different time points. These results will be analysed in terms of clinical presentation, gender and age.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
26
BVS patients undergoing optical coherence tomography examination at follow-up
Munich University Clinic
Munich, Bavarian, Germany
the amount of tissue coverage per strut level analysis at OCT
according to study protocol
Time frame: 7 weeks
amount of diameter stenosis per strut in OCT examination
according to study protocol
Time frame: 7 weeks
amount of diameter stenosis per strut in OCT examination
according to study protocol
Time frame: 24 months
healing score in OCT examination
according to study protocol
Time frame: 7 weeks
healing score in OCT examination
according to study protocol
Time frame: 24 months
proportion of malapposed and protruding struts per stent in OCT examination
according to study protocol
Time frame: 7 weeks
proportion of malapposed and protruding struts per stent in OCT examination
according to study protocol
Time frame: 24 months
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