Currently, biodegradable metals for implantation applications are widely investigated to
replace biodegradable polymeric implantations, which may cause inflammatory or adverse …

Magnesium alloys are promising candidate materials for cardiovascular stents due to their
good biocompatibility and degradation properties in the human body. However, in vivo tests …

Magnesium alloys have been widely applied in biomedical devices because of their high
strength, toughness, processing performance and the trace release of Mg2+. In this study …

The aim of this work was to study corrosion behavior of magnesium (Mg) alloys (MgZnCa
plates and AZ31 stents) under varied fluid flow conditions representative of the vascular …

Magnesium (Mg)-based stents are extensively explored to alleviate atherosclerosis due to
their biodegradability and relative hemocompatibility. To ensure the quality, safety and cost …

Though Mg alloys are promising candidates for biodegradable stents, it is very difficult to
fabricate stent tubes with high dimensional accuracy using Mg alloys because of their low …

Biodegradable magnesium alloy stents exhibit deficient corrosion period for clinic
applications, making the protective polymer coating more crucial than drug-eluting stents …

Objectives: To develop and test a new concept of the degradation kinetics of newly
developed coronary stents consisting of magnesium alloys. Methods: Design of a coronary …

Highlights•Mg alloy with MgF2/polydopamine coating demonstrated dramatic corrosion
resistance enhancement in vitro.•Vascular endothelial cells grew better than vascular …

Magnesium alloys are promising candidate materials for cardiovascular stents due to their
good biocompatibility and degradation property in human body. However, in vivo tests also …