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Cardiovascular Stents: A Review of Past, Current, and Emerging Devices
- Source :
- Materials, Vol 14, Iss 2498, p 2498 (2021), Materials
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- One of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide is coronary artery disease, a condition characterized by the narrowing of the artery due to plaque deposits. The standard of care for treating this disease is the introduction of a stent at the lesion site. This life-saving tubular device ensures vessel support, keeping the blood-flow path open so that the cardiac muscle receives its vital nutrients and oxygen supply. Several generations of stents have been iteratively developed towards improving patient outcomes and diminishing adverse side effects following the implanting procedure. Moving from bare-metal stents to drug-eluting stents, and recently reaching bioresorbable stents, this research field is under continuous development. To keep up with how stent technology has advanced in the past few decades, this paper reviews the evolution of these devices, focusing on how they can be further optimized towards creating an ideal vascular scaffold.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Technology
Standard of care
stent optimization
medicine.medical_treatment
Review
02 engineering and technology
cardiovascular stents
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Coronary artery disease
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
stent platform materials
medicine
General Materials Science
Intensive care medicine
Bioresorbable vascular scaffold
surface functionalization
Oxygen supply
Microscopy
QC120-168.85
business.industry
QH201-278.5
Stent
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
medicine.disease
equipment and supplies
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TK1-9971
Descriptive and experimental mechanics
Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
TA1-2040
0210 nano-technology
business
Lesion site
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19961944
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 2498
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Materials
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ea55cca2b8765d0a7710fa7712fab43e