Figure 6

Surface characterization of explanted endovascular stent following 14 days in animal artery. Analysis of endothelial coverage and morphology of endothelial cell layer. Representative scanning electron micrographs: endothelial coverage above struts in 316L-Cu-BMS (A), DES (B), and 316L-BMS (C). a1, b1,b2, c1 are the zoomed-in images indicated by the black squares in A, B, C.