Introduction
vascular wall injury, CHD, thrombosis, diabetes
THROMBOSIS, DISEASE, CORONARY HEART DISEASE, DIABETES
Cardiovascular (CV) disease remains the leading cause of mortality among people with diabetes, accounting for forty percent from coronary heart disease (CHD) [Deployment of a stent causes vascular wall injury characterized by endothelium denudation, disturbing the balance of numerous aspects of endothelial function that may ultimately lead to thrombosis and neo-atherosclerosis [Intracoronary Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is an intra-coronary imaging technique with an exceptional axial resolution of 10–15 µm which provides a near-histology level for detection and quantification of neo-intimal growth over the DES’ struts [