Table 4.

Optical coherence tomography analysis of coronary lesions at the 9-month follow-up (malapposition)

Time	Parameters	OCT
		DEB-BMS (n = 8)	DES (n = 8)	p value
Post-procedure	Mean number of struts/mm section	13.8 ± 1.6	12.7 ± 0.9	0.098
	Mean number of malapposed struts/mm section	1.2 ± 0.7	0.9 ± 1.0	0.458
	% malapposed struts/mm section	9.5 ± 5.1	7.0 ± 7.6	0.541
At 9 months	Mean number of struts/mm section	13.3 ± 1.7	12.3 ± 2.6	0.374
	Mean number of uncovered struts/mm section	10.8 ± 28.0	8.1 ± 8.9	0.794
	Mean number of malapposed struts/mm section	4.6 ± 12.3	2.5 ± 6.0	0.666
	% of struts uncovered/mm section	4.7 ± 12.2	3.0 ± 3.3	0.716
	% of struts malapposed/mm section	1.99 ± 5.37	0.9 ± 2.2	0.597

Values are presented as mean ± SD.

OCT, optical coherence tomography; DEB, drug-eluting balloon; BMS, bare metal stent; DES, drug-eluting stent.