December 2009

Volume 5 Supplement F

Foreword

Vascular Restoration Therapy: the fourth revolution in interventional cardiology and the ultimate “Rosy” prophecy

Wykrzykowska J, Onuma Y, Serruys P

December 30, 2009

Part I – Bioabsorbable polymers in medicine

Bioabsorbable polymers in medicine: an overview

December 30, 2009

Design principles and performance of bioresorbable polymeric vascular scaffolds

Oberhauser J, Hossainy SF, Rapoza R

December 30, 2009

ABC’s of bioabsorption: application of lactide based polymers in fully resorbable cardiovascular stents

van Alst M, Eenink M, Kruft M, van Tuil R

December 30, 2009

The bioabsorption process: tissue and cellular mechanisms and outcomes

Vorpahl M, Finn A, Nakano M, Virmani R

December 30, 2009

Part II – Debates

Coating bioabsorption and chronic bare metal scaffolding versus fully bioabsorbable stent

Waksman R, Pakala R

December 30, 2009

Late loss in a disappearing frame of reference: is it still applicable to fully absorbable scaffolds?

Bangalore S, Mauri L

December 30, 2009

Vascular restoration therapy: what should the clinical and angiographic measures for success be?

Khattab A, Windecker S

December 30, 2009

Part III – Ploughing new ground, update of the bioabsorbable programmes

Engineering a bioresorbable stent: REVA programme update

December 30, 2009

Novel fully bioabsorbable salicylate-based sirolimuseluting stent

Jabara R, Pendyala L, Geva S, Chen J, Chronos N, Robinson K

December 30, 2009

OrbusNeich fully absorbable coronary stent platform incorporating dual partitioned coatings

Cottone R, Thatcher L, Parker S, Hanks L, Kujawa D, Rowland S, Costa M, Schwartz R, Onuma Y

December 30, 2009

Challenges related to development of bioabsorbable vascular stents

Berglund J, Guo Y, Wilcox J

December 30, 2009

Elixir Medical’s bioresorbable drug eluting stent (BDES) programme: an overview

December 30, 2009

A.R.T.: concept of a bioresorbable stent without drug elution

Lafont A, Durand E

December 30, 2009

NEVO™: a new generation of sirolimus-eluting coronary stent

Falotico R, Parker T, Grishaber R, Price S, Cohen S, Rogers C

December 30, 2009

Current state of the absorbable metallic (magnesium) stent

December 30, 2009

Everolimus-eluting bioabsorbable stent – Abbot Vascular programme

Onuma Y, Piazza N, Ormiston J, Serruys P

December 30, 2009

Assimilating the current clinical data of fully bioabsorbable stents

Di Mario C, Borgia F

December 30, 2009

Ten-year follow-up of the IGAKI-TAMAI stent.

Onuma Y, Garg S, Okamura T, Ligthart J, van Geuns R, de Feyter P, Serruys P, Tamai H

December 30, 2009

Coronary

Valvular disease

Heart failure

Peripheral

Hypertension

Stroke