title: Bioresorbable scaffolds: talking about a new interventional revolution [corrected].
abstract: After the introduction of coronary balloon angioplasty, bare-metal, and drug-eluting stents, fully bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) could be the fourth revolution in interventional cardiology. The BRS technology shares the advantages of metallic stents regarding acute gain and prevention of acute vessel occlusion by providing transient scaffolding, while potentially overcoming many of the safety concerns of drug-eluting stents. Furthermore, without a permanent metallic cage, the vessel could remodel favourably and atherosclerotic plaques could regress in the long-term. This attracted increased interest and several BRS have been developed. In this review we will describe all BRS which are thus far clinically evaluated and provide an overview of ongoing clinical studies. Although the technology seems to be very promising, more studies including patients with more complex lesions are needed to evaluate whether the BRS can be used in daily clinical practice and if it is indeed becoming a new interventional revolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M E C J
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hassell
authors.forename: M J D
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Grundeken
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Delewi
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wykrzykowska
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Piek
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015331:Cohort Studies; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008670:Metals; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D011108:Polymers; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D011108:Polymers