Long-Term Efficacy of Biodegradable Metal–Polymer Composite Stents After the First and the Second Implantations into Porcine Coronary Arteries

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Abstract
A biodegradable coronary stent is expected to eliminate the adverse events of an otherwise eternally implanting material after vessel remodeling. Both biocorrodible metals and biodegradable polymers have been tried as the matrix of the new generation stent. Herein, we utilized a metal-polymer composite material to combine the advantages of the high mechanical strength of metals and the adjustable degradation rate of polymers to prepare the biodegradable stent. After coating polylactide (PLA) on the surface of iron, the degradation of iron was accelerated significantly owing to the decrease of local pH resulting from the hydrolysis of PLA, etc. We implanted the metal-polymer composite stent (MPS) into the porcine artery and examined its degradation in vivo, with the corresponding metal-based stent (MBS) as a control. Microcomputed tomography (micro-CT), coronary angiography, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) were performed to observe the stents and vessels during the animal experiments. The MPS exhibited faster degradation than MBS, and the inflammation response of MPS was acceptable 12 months after implantation. Additionally, we implanted another MPS after one-year implantation of the first MPS to investigate the result of MPS in the second implantation. The feasibility of the biodegradable MPS in second implantation in mammals was also confirmed.
Funding Information
  • Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2016YFC1100300, 2018YFC1106600)
  • Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (17JC1400200)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (2191101058, 51533002)

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