Table 1. Permanent polymer drug-eluting stent characteristics. DES name Stent platform Strut thickness (µm) Polymer Antiproliferative drug Cypher Select® Stainless steel 140 Polyethylene-co ...

The stent coatings can be broadly classified into three types: biocompatible coatings, drug-delivery coatings and polymer-free coatings/surfaces. Since metallic stent platforms will release ions ...

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Elutia (Nasdaq:ELUT) announced the first-ever patient implant of its EluPro drug-eluting biologic envelope cleared by the FDA ...

A study has found that sirolimus-coated balloons vs thin drug-eluting stents in in-stent restenosis show similar favorable clinical outcomes.

did not outshine standard treatment with second generation drug-eluting stents (DES) as they were expected to, in a surprise ...

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The use of drug-eluting stents (DES) has become widespread as a result of their superior revascularization rates compared with those of bare-metal stents (BMS). 1 DES are increasingly being used ...