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==Overview== | ==Overview== |
Revision as of 14:17, 25 October 2011
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Resistance to coronary blood flow in a coronary vessel is not only due to the severity of a focal stenosis, but also to the length of that stenosis. Long lesions that are moderate in nature may therefore cause a significant resistance to flow.
Treatment
If a bare metal stent is placed, it should be remembered that the risk of restenosis proportional to the length of the bare-metal stent placed in the segment.