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Association Between Leukocyte Telomere Length and Drug-Eluting Stent Strut Coverage by Optical Coherence Tomography

Authors :
Ehrin J. Armstrong
Ramin Farzaneh-Far
Robert W. Yeh
Bo Yu
Yanhua Zheng
Kendrick A. Shunk
Ik-Kyung Jang
Lei Xing
Jianzhong Zhang
Source :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 59(24):2218-2219
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2012.

Abstract

To the Editor: After coronary stent placement, the vascular response to injury includes re-endothelialization by resident and circulating bone marrow–derived endothelial progenitor cells ([1][1]). Delayed re-endothelialization after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation may lead to uncovered

Details

ISSN :
07351097
Volume :
59
Issue :
24
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....d2b7ef4ec00efab98f8914294872e3fe
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2012.03.028