Optical coherence tomography demonstrated that second-generation DES show greater capacity to heal acute incomplete stent apposition than first-generation DES and can provide useful information to ...

In patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), use of a self-expanding stent is less likely to result in early stent malapposition than a conventional balloon-expandable ...

Patients who grind their teeth may be significantly more likely to show bone apposition on panoramic dental x-rays, indicating another possible way to diagnose bruxism. The study was published on ...

Abstract: Surgical tissue fusion devices ligate blood vessels using thermal energy and coaptation pressure, while the molecular mechanisms underlying tissue fusion remain unclear. This study ...

Bone loss increases after menopause. However, bone strength also depends on structural characteristics such as bone size. Whether bone size increases as a result of periosteal apposition and whether a ...