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ArticleJournal of functional biomaterials2024

In Silico Evaluation of In Vivo Degradation Kinetics of Poly(Lactic Acid) Vascular Stent Devices.

Shicheng He, Lingling Wei, Guixue Wang, Nicola M Pugno, Qiang Chen, Zhiyong Li

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Article in Journal of functional biomaterials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors.

Shicheng HeBiomechanics Laboratory, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
Lingling WeiSchool of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230601, China.
Guixue WangKey Laboratory for Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Vascular Implants, Bioengineering College of Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9192-8757
Nicola M PugnoLaboratory for Bioinspired, Bionic, Nano, Meta Materials and Mechanics, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38123 Trento, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2136-2396
Qiang ChenBiomechanics Laboratory, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
Zhiyong LiBiomechanics Laboratory, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.

Funding

Australian Research Council DP200103492National Natural Science Foundation of China 32171307, 12372307, 61821002, 12172089
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biodegradable vascular stents (BVS) are deemed as great potential alternatives for overcoming the inherent limitations of permanent metallic stents in the treatment of coronary artery diseases. The current study aimed to comprehensively compare the mechanical behaviors of four poly(lactic acid) (PLA) BVS designs with varying geometries via numerical methods and to clarify the optimal BVS selection. Four PLA BVS (i.e., Absorb, DESolve, Igaki-Tamai, and Fantom) were first constructed. A degradation model was refined by simply including the fatigue effect induced by pulsatile blood pressures, and an explicit solver was employed to simulate the crimping and degradation behaviors of the four PLA BVS. The degradation dynamics here were characterized by four indices. The results indicated that the stent designs affected crimping and degradation behaviors. Compared to the other three stents, the DESolve stent had the greatest radial stiffness in the crimping simulation and the best diameter maintenance ability despite its faster degradation; moreover, the stent was considered to perform better according to a pilot scoring system. The current work provides a theoretical method for studying and understanding the degradation dynamics of the PLA BVS, and it could be helpful for the design of next-generation BVS.

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biodegradable vascular stents (BVS)degradation modelfinite element methodpoly(lactic acid) (PLA)stent design

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PMID38786646
PMCPMC11122488

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