title: The BVS concept. From the chemical structure to the vascular biology: the bases for a change in interventional cardiology.
abstract: Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS), the fourth generation of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), aim to improve the long-term outcomes of PCI facilitating the restoration of the physiology of the treated vessels when the scaffold dismantling process is completed. In this paper we will review all the technical aspects as well as the potential clinical indications of this technology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy - giuseppe.tarantini.1@unipd.it.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tarantini
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Masiero
authors.forename: Juan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Granada
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Rapoza
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D006801:Humans; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000639:trends*; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds