In-Vivo Vascular Healing Following Bifurcation Interventions with the Absorb Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold
Highlights
- • Absorb BVS is associated with increased risk of scaffold thrombosis although the pathophysiological mechanisms remain unclear.
- • This pre-clinical study would suggest that exposed and deformed polymeric breakdown products appear thrombogenic.
- • New iterations of polymeric BVS will need to be evaluated for increased thombogenicity of exposed breakdown products.
Abstract
Background
Long-term vascular healing, evaluated by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and histology, following complex bifurcation interventions with polymeric Absorb Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS, Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA) has not been previously described.