title: Delivery of a bioresorbable vascular scaffold to complex lesions.
abstract: The use of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) in percutaneous coronary interventions holds great promise and the Absorb® BVS is increasingly used in clinical practice outside of controlled studies. However, questions have been raised concerning the delivery of the scaffold to complex lesions. We describe a case of successful delivery and implantation of two overlapping Absorb® BVS to a complex lesion in the left anterior descending artery. The crossing of the lesions was uneventful and after implantation a good acute result could be documented. A follow-up angiogram after 3 months proofed a stable midterm result. We thereby demonstrate the feasibility of delivering Absorb® BVS to more complex lesions than practiced so far in the setting of clinical trials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Lohmuehlenstrasse 5, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meincke
authors.forename: Karl-Heinz
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kuck
authors.forename: Martin W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Bergmann
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D061214:Patient Safety; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: bioresorbable scaffold; coronary artery disease; percutaneous coronary intervention