RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Buckley, Rita
T1 Next Generation Stents and Scaffolds: Differences in Vascular Response?
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2013
FD SAGE Publications
VO 13
IS 19
SP 28
OP 29
DO 10.1177/155989771319013
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/19/28.abstract
AB The promise of new-generation polymer, metallic, drug-eluting stents (DES) and biodegradable vascular scaffolds (BVS) are tantalizing, yet the question of whether they produce meaningful differences in vascular responses remains to be determined. This article discusses the development of DES with various polymers, as well as the early and late clinical advantages of bioabsorbable polymer DES.