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Figure 4 Patient OFDI-02 Images of Right Coronary Artery Stents
(A) Fly-through view (distal-proximal) of the BMS shows covered struts underneath the surface of the artery wall, as well as some struts that appear near the luminal surface. (B) Fly-through view (distal-proximal) of the DES demonstrates uncovered struts. (C and D) Optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) cross-sectional images of the BMS and DES respectively. The OFDI appearance of the struts is different for the 2 stents. Tick marks, 1 mm. Abbreviations as in Figure 3.
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