Late stent malapposition: innocent phenomenon or major risk marker? reply

Abstract

We would like to thank Alfonso et al. 1 for the interest shown in our meta-analyses, for their compliments to us for undertaking such a delicate effort, and for writing a concise and interesting letter concerning our paper. It is our pleasure to try to respond to the raised appreciated comments. Indeed, previous intravascular ultrasonography studies (IVUS)2–4 had the merit of identifying stent malapposition as a potential underlying mechanism for …