Summary
Professor Akasaka gives a talk detailing causes of restenosis, with case examples including both different mechanisms of restenosis and different treatment options for restenosis, and how intracoronary imaging can contribute
- Guideline recommendations endorse the use of intracoronary imaging to assess mechanisms of stent failure
- The role of drug-coated balloons to treat in-stent restenosis lesions
- Stent fracture as a mechanism of stent failure, and predictors and prognosis of stent fracture
- Neoatherosclerosis within both bare metal and drug-eluting as a mechanism of restenosis
- The differences between early and late restenosis
- The importance of utilising intracoronary imaging to assess mechanism and guide treatment in all cases of restenosis
