David Hellinga

TL;DR: Quantitative coronary analysis indicates that percentage area stenosis and percentage diameter stenosis in magnesium alloy stent segments improved significantly at 3 months as compared to 28 days; however, reduced neointima did not result in larger lumen.

TL;DR: The current study demonstrates that stents made of biocorrodible iron are safe and in some of the measured parameters, such as intimal thickness, intimal area, and percentage occlusion, there was a trend in favor of the iron stents.

TL;DR: Photodynamic therapy simultaneously reduces plaque inflammation and promotes repopulation of plaques with a SMC-rich stable plaque cell phenotype while reducing disease progression, suggesting that PDT is a promising therapy for the treatment of acute coronary syndromes.

TL;DR: Magnesium-based AMS degrade over a 3-month time period in a porcine model, which is not apparent by angiography but is well-visualized by OCT and IVUS.

TL;DR: Oral rapamycin is effective in attenuating the progression of atherosclerotic plaque in the mice and appears to reduce neointima formation when coated on stents.