Underexpansion and overexpansion have been incriminated as causative factors of adverse cardiac events. However, dynamic biological interaction between vessel wall and scaffold may attenuate the adverse haemodynamic impact of overexpansion or underexpansion.

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Torii, K., Tenekecioglu, E., Bourantas, C., Poon, E., Thondapu, V., Gijsen, F., … Räber, L. (2017). Five-year follow-up of underexpanded and overexpanded bioresorbable scaffolds: Self-correction and impact on shear stress. EuroIntervention (Vol. 12, pp. 2158–2159). doi:10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00081