“…24,37 Clinical investigations have demonstrated that fracture rates rise with stent and lesion length, 23,24,37,42,43 multiple, overlapping stents, 10,17,20,23,37,43 sirolimus release, 39 calcified complex lesions, 20,30 relative vessel angulation and “hinge” motion, 24,42 higher balloon inflation pressures, 35,45 and right coronary artery (RCA) implantation, 1,39 in particular in the ostium. 42 When fracture occurs it is associated with higher rates of in-stent restenosis, 10,24,39,44,51 thrombosis, 7,37,40 and target vessel revascularization 10,24,39,42,51 —outcomes which may be exacerbated by more severe, transectional fractures. 37 …”