Commentary: Why Metallic Stents Remain the Worst Type of Endovascular Device, Except for All the Others

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai^{1

2}, Enrico Romagnoli^{3

4}, Giacomo Frati^{1

2}, Arturo Giordano^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy.
² 2 IRCCS NEUROMED, Pozzilli, Italy.
³ 3 Division of Cardiology, S. Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital, Rome, Italy.
⁴ 4 Centro Per La Lotta Contro L'Infarto, Rome, Italy.
⁵ 5 Unità Operativa di Interventistica Cardiovascolare, Presidio Ospedaliero Pineta Grande, Castel Volturno, Italy.
⁶ 6 Unità Operativa di Emodinamica, Casa di Salute Santa Lucia, San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Italy.

Comment

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai et al. J Endovasc Ther. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;25(6):702-705.

doi: 10.1177/1526602818806858. Epub 2018 Oct 17.

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai^{1

2}, Enrico Romagnoli^{3

4}, Giacomo Frati^{1

2}, Arturo Giordano^{5

6}

¹ 1 Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy.
² 2 IRCCS NEUROMED, Pozzilli, Italy.
³ 3 Division of Cardiology, S. Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital, Rome, Italy.
⁴ 4 Centro Per La Lotta Contro L'Infarto, Rome, Italy.
⁵ 5 Unità Operativa di Interventistica Cardiovascolare, Presidio Ospedaliero Pineta Grande, Castel Volturno, Italy.
⁶ 6 Unità Operativa di Emodinamica, Casa di Salute Santa Lucia, San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: bioresorbable vascular scaffold; endovascular therapy; infrapopliteal arteries; peripheral artery disease; stent.

Comment on

Three-Year Results of the Absorb Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold in Infrapopliteal Arteries.
Varcoe RL, Thomas SD, Lennox AF. Varcoe RL, et al. J Endovasc Ther. 2018 Dec;25(6):694-701. doi: 10.1177/1526602818799736. Epub 2018 Sep 12. J Endovasc Ther. 2018. PMID: 30205736