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Figure 2 Longitudinal images showing late incomplete stent apposition after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation: (A) after stent implantation; (B) at eight-month follow-up. Detachment of the vessel wall (arrows) from stent strut (dotted lines) was observed in the mid portion of the stent and in the relatively normal side of the vessel wall.