Coronary calcification as a mechanism of plaque/media shrinkage in vessels treated with bioresorbable vascular scaffold: A multimodality intracoronary imaging study

In segments treated with BVS, the calcification process was associated with PS, decrease in the hypoechogenic tissue and late luminal enlargement. Combining IVUS and OCT provides a unique method to assess the correlation between the calcification process and plaque/media shrinkage.