News tagged with biodegradable stents

Biodegradable stent proves non-inferior to drug-eluting stent

The Orsiro stent, which is a novel stent platform eluting sirolimus from a biodegradable polymer, demonstrated non-inferiority to the Xience Prime everolimus-eluting stent for the primary angiographic endpoint of in-stent ...

Cardiology May 21, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Dissolvable heart artery stents appear safe in study

(HealthDay) -- New long-term research now suggests that fully biodegradable stents are safe to use in heart arteries.

Cardiology Apr 16, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |