Kurzfassung:
Neoatherosclerosis is the manifestation of atherosclerosis in the area of implanted coronary stents. The exact mechanism of its formation is not known yet. A delay in the formation of a protective endothelial layer, which is found on the stents surface after its implantation, probably plays a crucial role in the development of neoatherosclerosis. In this work, the endothelialization of various coronary stents was evaluated in order to gain insight into the pathogenesis of this disease.