Bioresorbable stents

Conference Insights

Results with the Absorb Balloon-Expandable Bioresorbable Drug-Eluting Stent for BTK Occlusive Lesions: The ABSORB BTK Trial

03/06/2017

Ramon L. Varcoe , MBBS, MS, PhD;

This was a first-in-human study. We began working with this new investigational device approximately four years ago. The study itself was a single-center study and is a prospective cohort that we have been performing for slightly less than...

This was a first-in-human study....

03/06/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

IVUS or OCT for Bioresorbable Stents?

09/05/2016

David G. Rizik , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

I thought it worthwhile to review the role of intravascular imaging for the routine use of BVS in order to achieve best results.

I thought it worthwhile to...

09/05/2016

Cath Lab Digest

CRF-SKIRBALL Interventional Innovation Corner

Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds

01/31/2016

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Juan F. Granada , MD;

Bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) are emerging as an alternative approach to metallic DES due to their ability to mechanically support coronary arteries in the early phase post intervention, followed by complete absorption of the scaffold over...

Bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS)...

01/31/2016

Cath Lab Digest