Bioresorbable polymeric stents: current status and future promise.
Metal stents and, more recently, polymer-coated metal stents are used to stabilize dissections, eliminate vessel recoil, and guide remodeling after balloon angioplasty and other treatments for arterial disease. Bioresorbable polymeric stents are being developed to improve the biocompatibility and the drug reservoir capacity of metal stents, and to offer a transient alternative to the permanent metallic stent implant. Following a brief review of metal stent technology, the emerging class of expandable, bioresorbable polymeric stents is described, with emphasis on developments in the authors' laboratory.
Eberhart
Robert C
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Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry, Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9130, USA. robert.eberhart@utsouthwestern.edu
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Shih-Horng
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Nguyen
Kytai Truong
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Zilberman
Meital
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Tang
Liping
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Nelson
Kevin D
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Frenkel
Peter
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D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D006801:Humans; D011108:Polymers; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D015607:Stents / Q000639:trends*
D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D011108:Polymers