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Figure 3 Comparison of the strut thickness of different categories of stent
Figure 3 | Comparison of the strut thickness of different categories of stent. The strut thicknesses of clinically available bioresorbable vascular scaffolds are depicted, along with the most commonly used metallic drug-eluting stents. Strut thickness of bioresorbable non-metallic is substantially larger than that in currently available durable metallic stents and biodegradable polymer-coated metallic stents. BES, biolimus-eluting stent; CoCr, cobalt–chromium; CoNi, cobalt–nickel; EES, everolimus-eluting stent; NOV, novolimus-eluting stent; PLLA,poly-l-lactic acid; Pt, platinum; PtCr, platinum–chromium; PtIr, platinum–iridium; SES, sirolimus-eluting stent; ZES, zotarolimus-eluting stent.
Indolfi, C. et al. (2016) Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds — basic concepts and clinical outcome
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