Fully bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) were designed to overcome the limitations of metallic
drug-eluting stents, which permanently cage the vessel wall, thereby preventing normal …

Objectives: The authors sought to perform a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
(RCTs) comparing the safety and efficacy of biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents (BP …

Expert recommendations on the assessment of wall shear stress in human coronary arteries:
existing methodologies, technical considerations, and clinical applications | European Heart …

Background: Stent thrombosis (ST) is a serious complication following coronary stenting.
Intravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT) may provide insights into mechanistic …

Abstract Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) remains the leading cause of death in the
developed world. The advent of drug-eluting Bio-resorbable Stents (BRSs) heralded a …

Iterations in stent technologies, advances in pharmacotherapy, and awareness of the
implications of implantation techniques have markedly reduced the risk of stent failure, both …

Background: Prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after percutaneous coronary
intervention is associated with increased bleeding, despite a reduced incidence of ischemic …

The technology of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is constantly being refined in
order to overcome the shortcomings of present day technologies. Even though current …

The advent of intracoronary stents has greatly increased the safety and applicability of
percutaneous coronary interventions. One of the drawbacks of drug-eluting stents (DES) is …

Coronary artery stenting following balloon angioplasty represents the gold standard in
revascularization of coronary artery stenoses. However, stent deployment as well as …