BIORESORBABLE VASCULAR SCAFFOLDS (SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW)

Introduction: Modern interventional surgery is one of the most dynamically developing areas of modern medicine. Evidence of this is the bioresorbable stent appearance in its stockpile – intravascular frames, which provide temporary mechanical support and the delivery of cytotoxic substances in the vascular wall during its regeneration. The emergence of this technology in English literature is often called the fourth revolution in x-ray surgery. In this literature review, the authors tried to reflect modern ideas about safety, indications and disadvantages of bioresorbable scaffolds.

Methods: This review presents data of 65 articles on bioresorbable intravascular frames in pubmed. The preference was given to the data of multicenter studies and international registries and records of clinical cases of complications associated with implantation of bioresorbable intravascular scaffolds.

Results: This literature review presents the latest English-language publications on the use of bioresorbable intravascular scaffolds in the treatment of ischemic heart disease, and it lists the main stages of their development too. 

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