Can Better Polymers Challenge DES? Cost Barriers Spur German Alternative
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Coronary stents coated with non-carbon-based polymers may prevent restenosis without bearing drugs, Götz Richter, MD/PhD, University of Heidelberg, Germany, asserted Nov. 18
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