The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
CORONARY INTERVENTIONS
Impact of bioresorbable versus permanent polymer on long-term vessel wall inflammation and healing: a comparative drug-eluting stent experimental study
EuroIntervention 2018;13:1670-1679 published online August 2017. DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00332
Gregory J. Wilson1, MD; Jennifer McGregor2, BS; Gerard Conditt2, RCIS; Masahiko Shibuya2, MD; Natalia Sushkova3, MD; Michael J. Eppihimer3, PhD; Steven P. Hawley1, MSc; Serge D. Rousselle4, DVM; Barbara A. Huibregtse3, DVM; Keith D. Dawkins3, MD; Juan F. Granada2*, MD
1. Division of Pathology, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2. Skirball Center for Innovation, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Orangeburg, NY, USA; 3. Boston Scientific Corporation, Marlboro
Aims: Drug-eluting stents (DES) have evolved to using bioresorbable polymers as a method of drug delivery. The impact of bioresorbable polymer on long-term neointimal formation, inflammat