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Drug-eluting stents (DES) are used to treat patients having heart attacks, but it is not known if they can prevent heart attacks from occurring. Here, using advanced imaging, we show that DES can take away the inflammation in plaques in living subjects. This new finding strengthens the concept that DES could be an effective therapy to prevent inflamed, high-risk plaques from causing a heart attack.
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Everolimus-eluting stents stabilize plaque inflammation
in vivo
: assessment by intravascular fluorescence molecular imaging
, European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, December 2016, European Society of Cardiology,
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew228.
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