title: The current status of stenting pathobiology.
abstract: Stents permanently maximize the arterial lumen following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) at the cost of a vascular injury caused by the deployment of the prosthesis. Even though clinical trials show progressive reduction of restenosis and thrombosis rates in implanted coronary stents, these two events continue to represent a potential limitation to their clinical use. This review is focused on the arterial pathobiology related to the use of permanent and temporary stents. © 1997, Elsevier Science Inc. (Trends Cardiovasc Med 1997;7:24-28).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal,Quebec,Canada H2L-4M1.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fleser
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leclerc