Interv Akut Kardiol. 2017;16(3):106-108 | DOI: 10.36290/kar.2017.019

Bioresorbable vascular scaffold – good idea worth further effort

Viktor Kočka

III. interní kardiologická klinika, 3. LF UK a FN Královské Vinohrady, Praha

Currently, absorbable stents should not be used in routine clinical practice since their safety has been questioned. This fact, however,should not stand in the way of further development of this intuitively correct concept since long-term data after implantation ofpermanent metal stents show a constantly increasing incidence of clinical events. In the future, a better technique of implantationof absorbable stents can be expected and technological progress is also very promising. The author summarizes several potentialadvantages of the absence of a permanent foreign body in a coronary artery. The routine use of absorbable stents can be consideredin the future if we manage to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of this technology at the point of complete resorption.

Keywords: percutaneous coronary intervention, bioresorbable stent

Accepted: October 16, 2017; Published: November 1, 2017  Show citation