Erik Verbeken, MD, PhD

Optimization of Local Methylprednisolone Delivery to Inhibit Inflammatory Reaction and Neointimal Hyperplasia of Coated Coronary

08/01/2008

Etienne Schacht , PhD;

Ivan De Scheerder , MD, PhD;

Yanming Huang , MD;

Lan Wang , MD;

Ineke Verweire , PhD;

Beiping Qiang , MD;

Xiaoshun Liu , MD;

Erik Verbeken , MD, PhD;

Metallic coronary stents have shown to be essential in the treatment of (sub)acute vessel closure after balloon angioplasty and multicenter randomized trials have shown a decreased restenosis rate in selected patient subgroups compared to...

Metallic coronary stents have...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Use of a Tacrolimus-Eluting Stent to Inhibit Neointimal Hyperplasia in a Porcine Coronary Model

08/01/2008

Yanming Huang , MD;

Lan Wang , MD;

Xiaoshun Liu , MD;

Erik Verbeken , MD, PhD;

Ivan De Scheerder , MD, PhD;

Koen Salu , MD;

Shengqiao Li , MD;

Gunter Lorenz ;

Stephan Wnendt ;

Johan Bosmans , MD;

Frans Van de Werf , MD, PhD;

Materials and Methods Stent and stent coating. Stainless steel balloon-expandable stents (Jostent,™ Germany) were used for these studies. The bare stents, 16 mm long, were dip-coated in a biological polymer (SAE coating) or in a...

Materials and Methods Stent and...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology