Neoatherosclerosis development following bioresorbable vascular scaffold implantation in diabetic and non-diabetic swine.

DM remains a risk factor for poor outcome after stent-implantation, but little is known if and how DM affects the vascular response to BVS.The aim of our study was to examine coronary responses to bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) in swine with and without diabetes mellitus fed a 'fast-foo...

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Main Authors: Nienke S van Ditzhuijzen, Mie Kurata, Mieke van den Heuvel, Oana Sorop, Richard W B van Duin, Ilona Krabbendam-Peters, Jurgen Ligthart, Karen Witberg, Magdalena Murawska, Brett Bouma, Martin Villiger, Hector M Garcia-Garcia, Patrick W Serruys, Felix Zijlstra, Gijs van Soest, Dirk-Jan Duncker, Evelyn Regar, Heleen M M van Beusekom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5595285?pdf=render