Brigitta Brott, M.D., and Ho-Wook Jun, Ph.D. The University of Alabama at Birmingham startup company Endomimetics, LLC, has ...

However, while conventional polymers inhibit thrombus formation, they have the disadvantage of inhibiting the coverage of the ...

However, drug-eluting stents may be associated with delayed (or absent) endothelialization, localized hypersensitivity reactions and late stent thrombosis. Stent thrombosis is a catastrophic event ...

The absence of a polymer as drug carrier facilitates fast endothelialization and avoids inflammatory foreign body reactions.

There is a variety of stent coatings with differing performance profiles that have been studied either in animal studies or clinical trials. The stent coatings can be broadly classified into three ...