PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rizzo, Toni
ED  - Pinto, Fausto J.
TI  - IVUS Assessment of Late Stent Thrombosis after DES
DP  - 2012 Oct 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 10--11
VI  - 12
IP  - 3
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/3/10.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/3/10.full
AB  - Studies have shown that drug-eluting stents (DES) are associated with delayed arterial healing and are prone to thrombosis. This article discusses the utility of intravascular ultrasound to determine mechanisms of late and very late stent thrombosis after DES implantation.