A stent is a medical device designed to serve as a temporary or permanent internal scaffold
to maintain or increase the lumen of a body conduit. The researchers and engineers …

It is well known that, across all populations (based on geographic location, race, ethnicity,
age, and sex), coronary artery disease (CAD) is the single most common cause of death …

Since the first human procedure in the late 1980s, vascular stent implantation has been
accepted as a standard form of treatment of atherosclerosis. Despite their tremendous …

We assessed the long-term patency of kissing stent reconstruction of the aortoiliac
bifurcation and identified variables that may influence it. We retrospectively reviewed our …

Background: Restenosis after stent implantation varies with stent design. Alterations in
secondary flow patterns and wall shear stress (WSS) can modulate intimal hyperplasia via …

A novel polyolefin, poly (styrene‐b‐isobutylene‐b‐styrene)(Quatromer™), is being proposed
as a viable polymer for use in trileaflet heart valves because of its oxidative stability. The …

Drug eluting stents are associated with late stent thrombosis (LST), delayed healing and
prolonged exposure of stent struts to blood flow. Using macroscale disturbed and …

Thrombosis and thromboembolization remain large obstacles in the design of
cardiovascular devices. In this study, the temporal behavior of thrombus size within a …

Purpose: We sought to evaluate the growth-modulating potential of paclitaxel on cultured
human arterial smooth muscle cells depending on the administered dose Material and …

Coronary and peripheral artery disease (PAD) continue to be primary causes of morbidity
and mortality in western nations; percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) with stenting …