Université de Fribourg

Comparison of a novel biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stent With a durable polymer everolimus-eluting stent results of the randomized BIOFLOW-II trial

Windecker, Stephan ; Haude, Michael ; Neumann, Franz-Josef ; Stangl, karl ; Witzenbichler, Bernhard ; Slagboom, Ton ; Sabaté, Manel ; Goicolea, Javier ; Barragan, Paul ; Cook, Stéphane ; Piot, Christophe ; Richardt, Gert ; Merkely, Béla ; Schneider, Henrik ; Bilger, Johannes ; Erne, Paul ; Waksman, Ron ; Zaugg, Serge ; Jüni, Peter ; Lefèvre, Thierry

In: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 2015, vol. 8, no. 2, p. e001441

Background—Biodegradable polymers for release of antiproliferative drugs from drug-eluting stents aim to improve vascular healing. We assessed noninferiority of a novel ultrathin strut drug-eluting stent releasing sirolimus from a biodegradable polymer (Orsiro, O-SES) compared with the durable polymer Xience Prime everolimus-eluting stent (X-EES) in terms of the primary end...