Towards cardiovascular stents fabricated by stereolithography

Currently, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, and a global ageing population ensures increasing numbers for the foreseeable future. Atherosclerosis, responsible for 80\% of cardiovascular deaths, is nowadays treated with stents, which scaffold the balloon-dilated artery and seals the dissection flaps. In 2016, the...

3D printing of patient specific bioresorbable cardiovascular stents

Cardiovascular diseases, in particular atherosclerosis, is currently the leading cause of death worldwide with increasing numbers due to an aging population. Recently, the first bioresorbable stent (BRS), Absorb GT1 (Abbott, USA) was approved by the FDA, consequently sparking enthusiasm in BRSs and degradable polymeric biomaterials. Polymeric...