Bioresorbable scaffolds for percutaneous coronary interventions

Authors

  • Bill D Gogas Andreas Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Abstract

The quest for optimizing percutaneous coronary interventions continues by iterative innovations in device materials beyond cobalt chromium, platinum chromium or stainless steel for engineering coronary implants. Bioresorbable scaffolds made of biodegradable polymers or biocorrodible metals with properties of transient vessel scaffolding; local drug-elution and future restoration of vessel anatomy, physiology and local hemodynamics were recently developed. These devices have been utilized in selected clinical applications providing preliminary evidence of safety showing comparable intermediate term clinical outcomes with current generation drug-eluting stents.

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Published

2017-06-30

Issue

Vol. 2014 No. 4 (2014)

Section

Review articles

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