RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The future of drug eluting stents
JF Heart
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP 585
OP 588
DO 10.1136/hrt.2005.068288
VO 92
IS 5
A1 R R Anis
A1 K R Karsch
YR 2006
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/92/5/585.abstract
AB In-stent restenosis (ISR) is the major drawback of percutaneous coronary interventions, occurring in 10–40% of patients. Drug eluting stents (DES) are successful in a large majority of patients in preventing restenosis for the first year after implantation. Recently, new stents have emerged that are loaded with anti-inflammatory, antimigratory, antiproliferative, or pro-healing drugs. These drugs are supposed to inhibit inflammation and neointimal growth and subsequently ISR. The future of DES lies in the development of better stents with new stent designs, better polymers including biological polymers and biological biodissolvable stent coatings, and new, better drugs.