Uncovered non-apposed side-branch struts in a bifurcation lesion: a nidus for late stent thrombosis

• Chongying Jin,
• Ryo Torii,
• Anantharaman Ramasamy,
• Pieter Kitslaar,
• Guosheng Fu,
• Andreas Baumbach,
• Christos V. Bourantas

Affiliations

Chongying Jin

Department of Cardiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China; Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, UK

Ryo Torii

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK

Anantharaman Ramasamy

Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, UK

Pieter Kitslaar

Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Guosheng Fu

Department of Cardiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China

Andreas Baumbach

Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, UK; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

Christos V. Bourantas

Corresponding author: Christos Bourantas, MD PhD, Consultant Cardiologist, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Heart Centre, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK.,Phone: +44 20 7377 7000.; Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, UK; Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College London, London, UK