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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2012.6.2.093

Ex vivo Morphometric Analysis of Coronary Stent using Micro-Computed Tomography  

Bae, In-Ho (Heart Research Center, Chonnam National University Hospital)
Koh, Jeong-Tae (Dental Science Research Institute and BK21, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University)
Lim, Kyung-Seob (Heart Research Center, Chonnam National University Hospital)
Park, Dae-Sung (Heart Research Center, Chonnam National University Hospital)
Kim, Jong-Min (Heart Research Center, Chonnam National University Hospital)
Jeong, Myung-Ho (Heart Research Center, Chonnam National University Hospital)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.6, no.2, 2012 , pp. 93-98 More about this Journal
Abstract
Micro-computed tomography (microCT) is an important tool for preclinical vascular imaging, with micron-level resolution. This non-destructive means of imaging allows for rapid collection of 2D and 3D reconstructions to visualize specimens prior to destructive analysis such as pathological analysis. Objectives. The aim of this study was to suggest a method for ex vivo, postmortem examination of stented arterial segments with microCT. And ex vivo evaluation of stents such as bare metal or drug eluting stents on in-stent restenosis (ISR) in rabbit model was performed. The bare metal stent (BMS) and drug eluting stent (DES, paclitaxel) were implanted in the left or right iliac arteries alternatively in eight New Zealand white rabbits. After 4 weeks of post-implantation, the part of iliac arteries surrounding the stent were removed carefully and processed for microCT. Prior to microCT analysis, a contrast medium was loaded to lumen of stents. All samples were subjected to an X-ray source operating at 50 kV and 200 ${\mu}A$ by using a 3D isotropic resolution. The region of interest was traced and measured by CTAN analytical software. Objects being exposed to radiation had different Hounsfield unit each other with values of approximately 1.2 at stent area, 0.12 ~ 0.17 at a contrast medium and 0 ~ 0.06 at outer area of stent. Based on above, further analyses were performed. As a result, the difference of lengths and volumes between expanded stents, which may relate to injury score in pathological analysis, was not different significantly. Moreover, ISR area of BMS was 1.6 times higher than that of DES, indicating that paclitaxel has inhibitory effect on cell proliferation and prevent infiltration of restenosis into lumen of stent. And ISR area of BMS was higher ($1.52{\pm}0.48mm^2$) than that of DES ($0.94{\pm}0.42mm^2$), indicating that paclitaxel has inhibitory effect on cell proliferation and prevent infiltration of restenosis into lumen of stent. Though it was not statistically significant, it showed that the extent of neointema of mid-region of stents was relatively higher than that of anterior and posterior region in parts of BMS as showing cross-sectional 2-D image. suggest that microCT can be utilized as an accessorial tool for pathological analysis.
Keywords
micro-computed tomography; stent; in-stent restenosis;
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