Published in:
01-03-2015 | Case Report
Bioresorbable scaffolds for the treatment of in-stent restenosis
Authors:
Oliver Dörr, Christoph Liebetrau, Jens Wiebe, Franziska Hecker, Johannes Rixe, Helge Möllmann, Christian Hamm, Holger Nef
Published in:
Heart and Vessels
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Issue 2/2015
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Abstract
Percutaneous coronary intervention with bare-metal stents or drug-eluting stents can decrease clinical event rates compared with simple balloon angioplasty. However, stent implantation is often associated with subsequent restenosis. Bioresorbable coronary scaffolds provide short-term vessel scaffolding with drug delivery capability and are designed to avoid the long-term limitations of metallic stents such as late stent thrombosis and in-stent restenosis. To the best of our knowledge, we report the first case series of successful treatment of in-stent restenosis using bioresorbable scaffolds.