The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
CORONARY INTERVENTIONS
Preclinical evaluation of degradation kinetics and elemental mapping of first- and second-generation bioresorbable magnesium scaffolds
EuroIntervention 2018;14:e1040-e1048 published online February 2018 published online e-edition October 2018. DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00708
Michael Joner1*, MD; Philipp Ruppelt2, PhD; Philine Zumstein2, MSc; Capucine Lapointe-Corriveau3, MSc; Guy Leclerc3,4, MD; Anna Bulin1, DVM; Maria Isabel Castellanos1, PhD; Eric Wittchow5, PhD; Michael Haude6, MD; Ron Waksman7, MD
1. Deutsches Herzzentrum München und Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislaufforschung e.V., Munich, Germany; 2. BIOTRONIK AG, Bülach, Switzerland; 3. AccelLAB Inc., Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada; 4. University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; 5. CVPath In
Aims: Because vascular restoration therapy using bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BRS) remains an appealing concept to restore vasoreactivity, an understanding of biodegradation remains