Mechanical behavior of polymer-based vs. metallic-based bioresorbable stents

• Main Authors: Ang, Hui Ying, Huang, Ying Ying, Lim, Soo Teik, Wong, Philip, Joner, Michael, Foin, Nicolas
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Coronary Artery Disease; Bioresorbable Stents; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107006; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49000
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) were developed to overcome the drawbacks of current metallic drug-eluting stents (DES), such as late in-stent restenosis and caging of the vessel permanently. The concept of the BRS is to provide transient support to the vessel during healing before being degraded and r...