Marc Vorpahl1, MD; Masataka Nakano1, MD; Laura E. L. Perkins2, DVM, PhD; Fumiyuki Otsuka1, MD, PhD; Russell Jones1; Eduardo Acampado1, DVM; Jennifer P. Lane2, BS; Richard Rapoza2, PhD; Frank D. Kolodgie1, PhD; Renu Virmani1*, MD
1. CVPath Institute Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, USA; 2. Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA, USA
Aims: We aimed to investigate a fully bioresorbable poly-l-lactide (PLLA) scaffold to assess vascular remodelling in comparison to a permanent polymeric metal DES.