Biodegradable stents for coronary artery disease treatment: Recent advances and future perspectives

T Hu, C Yang, S Lin, Q Yu, G Wang - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2018 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the major causes of human death in the world.
Endovascular stents are the most important implantation devices in cardiovascular …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the development of biodegradable coronary stents: A translational perspective

J Zong, Q He, Y Liu, M Qiu, J Wu, B Hu - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Implantation of cardiovascular stents is an important therapeutic method to treat coronary
artery diseases. Bare-metal and drug-eluting stents show promising clinical outcomes …

Evolution of metallic cardiovascular stent materials: a comparative study among stainless steel, magnesium and zinc

J Fu, Y Su, YX Qin, Y Zheng, Y Wang, D Zhu - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
A cardiovascular stent is a small mesh tube that expands a narrowed or blocked coronary
artery. Unfortunately, current stents, regardless metallic or polymeric, still largely fall short to …

Biodegradable metals for cardiovascular stents: from clinical concerns to recent Zn‐Alloys

PK Bowen, ER Shearier, S Zhao… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Metallic stents are used to promote revascularization and maintain patency of plaqued or
damaged arteries following balloon angioplasty. To mitigate the long‐term side effects …

Current status and future direction of biodegradable metallic and polymeric vascular scaffolds for next-generation stents

SH Im, Y Jung, SH Kim - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Because of the increasing incidence of coronary artery disease, the importance of
cardiovascular stents has continuously increased as a treatment of this disease …

A review on biodegradable materials for cardiovascular stent application

LD Hou, Z Li, Y Pan, MI Sabir, YF Zheng… - Frontiers of Materials …, 2016 - Springer
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 …

Recent advances and directions in the development of bioresorbable metallic cardiovascular stents: insights from recent human and in vivo studies

AA Oliver, M Sikora-Jasinska, AG Demir, RJ Guillory II - Acta Biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, significant advancements have been made regarding the
material formulation, iterative design, and clinical translation of metallic bioresorbable stents …

Bioresorbable metals in cardiovascular stents: Material insights and progress

DWY Toong, JCK Ng, Y Huang, PEH Wong, HL Leo… - Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of bioresorbable stents (BRS) was envisioned as the fourth revolution in
interventional cardiology due to its potential benefits such as restoration of vasomotion and …

Fully biodegradable coronary stents: progress to date

S Ramcharitar, PW Serruys - American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs, 2008 - Springer
The limitations of currently available metallic drug-eluting stents have renewed interest in
biodegradable stents (BDS). Apart from removing the (offending) foreign material that may …

[HTML][HTML] Current status and future direction of metallic and polymeric materials for advanced vascular stents

SH Im, DH Im, SJ Park, Y Jung, DH Kim… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has emerged as a severe illness worldwide. Currently, the
top ten causes of death in the world include ischemic heart disease according to the Global …