Impact of the Balloon Inflation Time and Pattern on the Coronary Stent Expansion

Figure 7

Microcomputed tomography CSA assessment of three stent deployed with MTI and OTI protocols. (a) stent Biomatrix flex 3.0 mm, (b) stent Medtronic Integrity 3.5 mm, (c) stent Balton Alex plus 2.5 mm. Abbreviations: CSA: cross-section area; D: diameter; IVUS: intravascular ultrasonography; MTI: multiple-time inflation; OCT: optical coherence tomography; OTI: one-time inflation.