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In-stent restenosis in small coronary arteries

Impact of strut thickness

Carlo Briguori, MD, PhD^*, Cristiano Sarais, MD^*, Paolo Pagnotta, MD^*, Francesco Liistro, MD^*, Matteo Montorfano, MD^*, Alaide Chieffo, MD^*, Fabio Sgura, MD^*, Nicola Corvaja, MD, Remo Albiero, MD, Goran Stankovic, MD, Costantinos Toutoutzas, MD, Erminio Bonizzoni, PhD, Carlo Di Mario, MD, PhD, FACC^* and Antonio Colombo, MD, FACC^*,*

^* Laboratory of Interventional Cardiology, "Vita e Salute" University School of Medicine, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
EMO Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy
Institute of Medical Statistics and Biometry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

View larger version (32K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Restenosis rates in lesions treated with a stent with a strut thickness of <0.10 mm (thin group; open bar) and a stent with a strut thickness of 0.10 mm (thick group; solid bar).

View larger version (33K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Restenosis rates in lesions treated with a stent with a strut thickness of <0.10 mm (thin group; open bars) and a stent with a strut thickness 0.10 mm (thick group; solid bars), according to the reference vessel diameter (2.50, 2.51 to 2.75 and 2.76 to 2.99 mm).

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 The loss index according to the vessel reference (2.50, 2.51 to 2.75 and 2.76 to 2.99 mm) in lesions treated with a stent with a strut thickness <0.10 mm (solid diamonds on continuous line) and a stent with a strut thickness 0.10 mm (open squares on dotted line).