Endothelial dysfunction after stenting and scaffolding of coronary arteries

Issue title: Selected Presentations held at the 33th Annual Conference of the German Society for Clinical Microcirculation and Hemorheology, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, 14-15 November, 2014

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Gori, Tommaso | Münzel, Thomas

Affiliations: Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany

Note: [] Corresponding author: Tommaso Gori, MD, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany. Tel.: +49 6131 17 2829; Fax: +49 6131 17 6428; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: Coronary artery stenting is associated with endothelial dysfunction, probably caused by the mechanical injury as well as by the tissue reactions triggered by the metal, the polymer and the drug eluted by the stent. The clinical relevance, and the implications, of this dysfunction are still unclear. We revise the iterature on this topic and provide the first evidence regarding endothelial dysfunction after implantation of bioresorbable scaffolds.

Keywords: Endothelium/vascular type/nitric oxide, pathophysiology, coronary circulation

DOI: 10.3233/CH-141880

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 175-181, 2014