Cardiovascular diseases have become the leading cause of death worldwide. The
increasing burden of cardiovascular diseases has become a major public health problem …

Implantation of cardiovascular stents is an important therapeutic method to treat coronary
artery diseases. Bare-metal and drug-eluting stents show promising clinical outcomes …

With the advancement of additive manufacturing (AM), customized vascular stents can now
be fabricated to fit the curvatures and sizes of a narrowed or blocked blood vessel, thereby …

Purpose This review aims to explore the history, research hotspots, and emerging trends of
drug-eluting stents (DES) in the last two decades from the perspective of structural and …

Biliary stricture is defined as the reduction and narrowing of the bile duct lumen, which can
be caused by many factors such as cancer and inflammation. Biliary stent placement can …

Biodegradable polymers are expected to be an alternative to plastics. Because of its high
biocompatibility, poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)(PLGA) is widely used in medicine. It has been …

Due to a continued rise in the production and use of plastic products, their end‐of‐life
pollution has become a pressing global issue. One of the biggest challenges in plastics …

Complete endothelialization is highly important for maintaining long-term patency and
avoiding subsequent complications in implanting cardiovascular stents. It not only refers to …

Objectives To examine the 16-year developmental history, research hotspots, and emerging
trends of zinc-based biodegradable metallic materials from the perspective of structural and …

Polymeric vascular bioresorbable stents (BRSs) have been widely used for the treatment of
coronary artery diseases. While additive manufacturing (AM) is changing the landscape of …