Bioresorbable Scaffolds: The Revolution in Coronary Stenting?

Lorenzo Azzalini; Philippe L. L’Allier; Jean-François Tanguay; Lorenzo Azzalini; Philippe L. L’Allier; Jean-François Tanguay

doi:10.3934/medsci.2016.1.126

AIMS Medical Science

2016, Volume 3, Issue 1: 126-146. doi: 10.3934/medsci.2016.1.126

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Bioresorbable Scaffolds: The Revolution in Coronary Stenting?

Interventional Cardiology & Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Received: 16 October 2015 Accepted: 07 March 2016 Published: 15 March 2016

Bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) represent the latest revolution in interventional cardiology. Thanks to their reabsorptive properties, they provide temporary scaffolding that helps stabilizing the plaque and promotes healing, and then disappear, thus restoring a functional endothelium and vasomotion. Several devices have been tested at the preclinical and clinical stage. Here we review the rationale, development, design and clinical data of the BRS platforms, providing a comprehensive review of the literature.
- bioresorbable vascular scaffold,
- bioabsorbable scaffold,
- percutaneous coronary intervention,
- coronary stenting
Citation: Lorenzo Azzalini, Philippe L. L’Allier, Jean-François Tanguay. Bioresorbable Scaffolds: The Revolution in Coronary Stenting?[J]. AIMS Medical Science, 2016, 3(1): 126-146. doi: 10.3934/medsci.2016.1.126

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Abstract

Bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) represent the latest revolution in interventional cardiology. Thanks to their reabsorptive properties, they provide temporary scaffolding that helps stabilizing the plaque and promotes healing, and then disappear, thus restoring a functional endothelium and vasomotion. Several devices have been tested at the preclinical and clinical stage. Here we review the rationale, development, design and clinical data of the BRS platforms, providing a comprehensive review of the literature.

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