Stent Restenosis Articles & Analysis
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This first-of-its-kind drug-device therapy, known as Natural Vascular Scaffolding (AlucentNVS), is designed to provide a more natural and effective way of establishing and maintaining arterial patency in the lower extremities compared with existing treatments such as stents and traditional drug-coated balloons; essentially accomplishing “stenting without a ...
Thus, the inevitable loss of this multi-functional endothelium associated with vascular stretch and injury at the implant sites of stents and vascular grafts triggers a cascade of restenosis by smooth muscle cells proliferation with accompanying extracellular matrix production. The risk of late thrombosis by platelet adhesion also compromises long term patency. ...