Comparison of endothelial shear stress between ultrathin strut bioresorbable polymer drug-eluting stent vs durable-polymer drug-eluting stent post-stent implantation: An OCT substudy from BIOFLOW II
Abstract
Background
Recent clinical data indicate a different performance of biodegradable polymer (BP)-drug eluting stent (DES) compared to durable polymer (DP)-DES. Whether this can be explained by a beneficial impact of BP-DES stent design on the local hemodynamic forces distribution remains unclear.