Teguh W. Purnomo, Yudi Her OktavionoIn the present time, coronary stenting has become the default in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), are used as a mechanical means to overcome the major limitations of balloon angioplasty to scaffold and prevent of early recoil and late vascular remodeling. The major limitations of stents are thrombosis and restenosis. The role of stenting is temporary, until healing and reendothelialization are obtained. Beyond that, no utility or advantage for stents has been demonstrated and their presence could be a nidus for late thrombosis and chronic inflammation. Thus stenting technology has moved toward the development of temporary implants which mechanically support the vessel during a period of time and then completely biodegrade in the long term. Bioabsorbable stents are considered the next frontier of stenting and we will discuss their potential to fulfill this promise in interventional cardiology.
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