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Purpose of Review <p>The bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) is a promising technology with clear theoretical benefits. Large randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of the early generation of this technology, however, demonstrated issues translating these benefits from the abstract into the clinical realm. This review covers the outcomes beginning with the first-generation scaffolds and provides updates on advances made with newer technologies and evolved approaches to platform delivery.</p> Recent Findings <p>Pooled individual patient data from the ABSORB studies with 5-year follow-up was published in early 2025, showing higher event rates in the BVS group driven by events in the first three years of follow-up. Events after three years were the same or lower compared to traditional metallic drug-eluting stents (DES).</p> Summary <p>BVS technology is not yet ready for clinical primetime. However, there is need for improved scaffold technology and new BVS will again need to be tested against metallic DES in large-scale RCTs with long-term follow-up.</p>

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Bioresorbable Scaffolds: Ready for a Rematch?

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年2月3日

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  • Oludamilola Akinmolayemi,
  • Alexander Levy,
  • Swagata Patnaik,
  • Gregg W. Stone,
  • Solomon W. Bienstock

摘要

Purpose of Review

The bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) is a promising technology with clear theoretical benefits. Large randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of the early generation of this technology, however, demonstrated issues translating these benefits from the abstract into the clinical realm. This review covers the outcomes beginning with the first-generation scaffolds and provides updates on advances made with newer technologies and evolved approaches to platform delivery.

Recent Findings

Pooled individual patient data from the ABSORB studies with 5-year follow-up was published in early 2025, showing higher event rates in the BVS group driven by events in the first three years of follow-up. Events after three years were the same or lower compared to traditional metallic drug-eluting stents (DES).

Summary

BVS technology is not yet ready for clinical primetime. However, there is need for improved scaffold technology and new BVS will again need to be tested against metallic DES in large-scale RCTs with long-term follow-up.