The delivery of nitric oxide through liposomes as next generation drug eluting stents and vascular interventions

• Main Author: Tan, Wei Jie
• Other Authors: Tan Lay Poh
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/156898
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The implantation of metallic stents after percutaneous coronary intervention is one form of surgical intervention to combat coronary artery disease. A major drawback is the re-narrowing or restenosis, due to the proliferation of smooth muscle cells, of the artery after a bare metal stent implanta...