What are the mechanisms and predictors of late lumen enlargement after paclitaxel-coated balloon angioplasty for de-novo coronary artery disease?
OCT analysis reveals that late lumen enlargement after paclitaxel-coated balloon angioplasty is driven by vessel enlargement and healing, and is predicted by preprocedure thick-cap fibroatheroma and postprocedure deep dissection.
OCT analysis after paclitaxel-coated balloon treatment of de-novo coronary artery lesions revealed that the mechanism of LLE was associated with vessel enlargement, healing of dissection flaps, and regression of plaque or dissection flap. Preprocedure thick-cap fibroatheroma plaques and postprocedure deep dissection reaching the tunica media on OCT were predictors of LLE.
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