Radiopaque fully degradable nanocomposites for coronary stents

• Main Authors: Venkatraman, Subbu Subramanian, Ang, Hui Ying, Toong, Daniel, Chow, Wei Shoon, Seisilya, Welly, Wu, Wei, Wong, Philip, Foin, Nicolas, Huang, Yingying
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials; Radiopaque; Nanocomposites
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88908; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46987
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) were introduced to overcome limitations of current metallic drug-eluting stents and poly-L-lactide (PLLA) has been used in the fabrication of BRS due to its biodegradability and biocompatibility. However, such polymers have weaker mechanical properties as compared to me...