Decade of histological follow-up for a fully biodegradable poly-L-lactic acid coronary stent (Igaki-Tamai stent) in humans: are bioresorbable scaffolds the answer?

Circulation. 2014 Jan 28;129(4):534-5. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.003769.

Authors

Soji Nishio¹, Shinsaku Takeda, Kunihiko Kosuga, Masaharu Okada, Eisho Kyo, Takafumi Tsuji, Eiji Takeuchi, Tsuyoshi Terashima, Yasutaka Inuzuka, Tatsuhiko Hata, Yuzo Takeuchi, Takeshi Harita, Junya Seki, Shigeru Ikeguchi

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Cardiology (S.N., S.T., K.K., M.O., Y.I., T.H., Y.T., T.H., J.S., S.I.) and Pathology (E.T., T.T.), Shiga Medical Center for Adults, and Kusatsu Heart Center (E.K., T.T.), Shiga, Japan.

PMID: 24470476
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.003769

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Absorbable Implants*
Aged, 80 and over
Autopsy
Coronary Artery Disease / therapy*
Coronary Vessels / pathology
Humans
Lactic Acid*
Male
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Polyesters
Polymers*
Stents*
Time Factors
Tissue Scaffolds / trends*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Polyesters
Polymers
Lactic Acid
poly(lactide)