bioresorbable vascular scaffold

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Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds: A Disappearing Technology, But Should We Let It Vanish?

03/01/2023

Saad M. Ezad, MB BCh^1,2 and Peter O’Kane, MD¹

Saad M. Ezad, MB BCh1,2 and Peter O’K...

This case of a 72-year-old gentleman presenting with angina and moderate stenosis demonstrates the ability to image a target vessel non-invasively and revascularize percutaneously or surgically with bioresorbable vascular scaffolds.

This case of a 72-year-old...

03/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Comparison Between Bare-Metal Stents, First-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents, and Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds

06/06/2021

Andrew Kei-Yan Ng, MBBS¹; Pauline Yeung Ng, MBBS^2,3;

Chung-Wah Siu, MD⁴; Man-Hong Jim, MD¹

Andrew Kei-Yan Ng, MBBS1; Pauline Ye...

The study objective is to compare the major adverse cardiovascular event rates after implantation of BVS, first-generation DES, and BMS.

The study objective is to...

06/06/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Comparison Between Bare-Metal Stents, First-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents, and Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds

06/01/2021

Andrew Kei-Yan Ng, MBBS¹; Pauline Yeung Ng, MBBS^2,3; Chung-Wah Siu, MD⁴; Man-Hong Jim, MD¹

Andrew Kei-Yan Ng, MBBS1; Pauline Ye...

The study objective is to compare the major adverse cardiovascular event rates after implantation of BVS, first-generation DES, and BMS.

The study objective is to...

06/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Evaluation of the Safety of Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS) Implantation in Patients With Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions: Acute Procedural and Short-Term Clinical Results

10/01/2015

Omer Goktekin, MD¹; Aylin Hatice Yamac, MD¹; Azeem Latib; MD^2,3; Ahmet Tastan, MD⁴; Vasileios F. Panoulas, MD^2,3; Katsumasa Sato, MD^2,3; Ercan Erdogan, MD¹; Huseyin Uyarel, MD¹; Ibrahim Shah, MD¹; Antonio Colombo, MD^2,3

Omer Goktekin, MD1; Aylin Hatice Yam...

The bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) (Abbott Vascular) provides temporary scaffolding while eluting everolimus. The current study aims to investigate the safety and efficacy of BVS implantation in a selected patient cohort (n = 70) with...

The bioresorbable vascular...

10/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Rotational Atherectomy Combined With Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Implantation: A Feasible Approach for Recurrent In-stent Restenosis When Other Therapies Failed

06/29/2015

Tiago Pereira-da-Silva, MD; Lino Patr√≠cio, MD, PhD; Rui Cruz Ferreira, MD

Tiago Pereira-da-Silva, MD; Lino Pat...

The optimal treatment for recurrent in-stent restenosis (ISR) is uncertain. The authors describe a feasible combined treatment for recurrent ISR using neointimal debulking and ablation of underexpanded stents by rotational atherectomy...

The optimal treatment for...

06/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Thrombosis in an All-Comer Patient Population: Single-Center Experience

02/01/2015

Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, MSc and Philippe L. L‚ÄôAllier, MD

Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, MSc and Philipp...

Experience with bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVSs) outside clinical trials is scarce, and data from “real-world” use are needed. In particular, there are few data on scaffold thrombosis (ST); we report our experience with ST in our...

Experience with bioresorbable...

02/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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CLINICAL IMAGES / Bioresorbable Stent Restenosis: New Devices, Novel Situations

11/26/2014

Iv√°n J. N√∫√±ez-Gil, MD, PhD; Mauro Echavarr√≠a-Pinto, MD; Javier Escaned, MD, PhD; Corina Biagioni, MD; Gisela Feltes, MD; Antonio Fern√°ndez-Ortiz, MD, PhD

Iv√°n J. N√∫√±ez-Gil, MD, PhD; Mauro...

We describe one of the first cases of bioresorbable vascular scaffold restenosis. We treated it like a drug-eluting stent restenosis, performing first an intracoronary optical coherence tomography scan in order to identify the left descending...

We describe one of the first...

11/26/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology