title: Regeneration of vessel wall functionality and vascular restoration therapy with biodegradable stents -- current status.
abstract: The novel vascular solution, the bioresorbable scaffold, has already been called Vascular Regeneration Therapy (VRT), providing a new quality in interventional cardiology. This new generation of stents gives a potential advantage over the permanent metal prosthesis, mainly restoration of vasomotion after full biodegradation. In the article we summarize the latest achievements in stent technologies allowing complete regeneration of arterial wall functions after implantation of biodegradable scaffold.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haemodynamics and Angiocardiography, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kopernika Street 17, 31-501 Krakow, Poland. mcdudek@cyf-kr.edu.pl
authors.forename: Rafal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Depukat
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rzeszutko
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dudek
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials