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Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Biodegradable-Polymer Biolimus-Eluting Stents
Author(s) -
Christoph Kaiser,
S. Galatius,
Raban Jeger,
Nicole Gilgen,
Jan Skov Jensen,
Christoph Naber,
Hannes Alber,
Maria Wanitschek,
Franz R. Eberli,
David J. Kurz,
Giovanni Pedrazzini,
Tiziano Moccetti,
Hans Rickli,
Daniel Weilenmann,
A.G. Vuillomenet,
Martin Steiner,
Stefanie von Felten,
D. Vogt,
Kim Wadt Hansen,
Peter Rickenbacher,
David Conen,
Christian Müller,
Peter Buser,
Andreas Hoffmann,
Matthias Pfisterer
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.114.013520
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , stent , clinical endpoint , aspirin , surgery , cardiology , randomized controlled trial
Biodegradable-polymer drug-eluting stents (BP-DES) were developed to be as effective as second-generation durable-polymer drug-eluting stents (DP-DES) and as safe >1 year as bare-metal stents (BMS). Thus, very late stent thrombosis (VLST) attributable to durable polymers should no longer appear.

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