Absorb Stent and Stent Thromobosis
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The medical community, cardiologists in particular, have been very exicited for the past few year with the introduction of Bio-resorbable Vascular Scaffolds, or what we commonly call Absorbable Stents. Indeed, the concept of a stent, which after seving its purpose, gets dissolved itself leaving the vessal valve intact, is very attractive ; thus making Absorb Stents very popular to use despite having a a very high cost.
These stents were primarily introduced to reduce the late complications of the drug-eluting stents which manifested themselves many a times as Late Stent Thrombosis.
Although the initial ABSORB cohort studies and the recently published randomized trials ABSORB II and III as well as the EVERBIO-2 Trial provided data in support of the safety of these absorbable stents. However, an unexpectedly high incidence of scaffold thrombosis (ScT) has been reported in single-center and multicenter observational studies and in a recently published meta-analysis.
These stents were primarily introduced to reduce the late complications of the drug-eluting stents which manifested themselves many a times as Late Stent Thrombosis.
Although the initial ABSORB cohort studies and the recently published randomized trials ABSORB II and III as well as the EVERBIO-2 Trial provided data in support of the safety of these absorbable stents. However, an unexpectedly high incidence of scaffold thrombosis (ScT) has been reported in single-center and multicenter observational studies and in a recently published meta-analysis.
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