Regeneration of vessel wall functionality and vascular restoration therapy with biodegradable stents -- current...

The novel vascular solution, the bioresorbable scaffold, has already been called Vascular Regeneration Therapy (VRT), providing a new quality in interventional cardiology. This new generation of stents gives a potential advantage over the permanent metal prosthesis, mainly restoration of vasomotion after full biodegradation. In the article we summarize the latest achievements in stent technologies allowing complete regeneration of arterial wall functions after implantation of biodegradable scaffold.