Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (12): 2257-2264.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.12.024

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Features of endovascular stent materials and their therapeutic effects on ischemic stroke

Guo Yi-tong1, Tan Zhi-gang2   

  1. 1 Sixth Department of Internal Medicine, Ninth People’s Hospital of Shenyang, Shenyang 110024, Liaoning Province, China
    2 Department of Emergency, Fengtian Hospital Affiliated to Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang 110024, Liaoning Province, China
  • Received:2012-12-29 Revised:2013-02-19 Online:2013-03-19 Published:2013-03-19
  • Contact: Tan Zhi-gang, Doctor, Chief physician, Master’s supervisor, Department of Emergency, Fengtian Hospital Affiliated to Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang 110024, Liaoning Province, China Tangzhigang5997@163.com
  • About author:Guo Yi-tong★, Master, Associate chief physician, Sixth Department of Internal Medicine, Ninth People’s Hospital of Shenyang, Shenyang 110024, Liaoning Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Novel endovascular stent materials have become the research hot spot in the treatment of ischemic stroke.
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the features of endovascular stent materials and the treatment effect on ischemic stroke.
METHODS: Related databases were searched by the first author with computer at December 2012 for the related articles published from 2003 to 2012. The Chinese key words were “ischemic stroke, endovascular stent, stent material, interventional treatment”. A total of 120 articles were screened out, and 24 articles were included for the final review according to the inclusion criteria.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Long-term storage of bare-metal stents in the blood may lead to corrosion, metal ions dissolution and coagulation; the surface modification of the metal material could be used to solve the problem of metal material storage in order to improve the blood compatibility of the metal materials. Therapeutic drugs were coated on the surface of stent which can help the drugs release with high concentration continuously, and this method can inhibit restenosis after stent implantation. Film-covered endovascular stent was covered with degradable or non-degradable polymer films on the surface of metal stent in order to inhibit the vascular endothelial proliferation and restenosis after stent implantation, and the film-covered endovascular stent could promote the biocompatibility of vascular smooth muscle cells. Endovascular stent is a safe and effective treatment method to reduce the risk of ischemic stroke, and it can also improve the cognitive dysfunction of the patients with ischemic encephalopathy. Gene and cell cultivation scaffold material has certain advantages in the prevention and treatment of restenosis after vascular intervention, which is the new direction for the research of endovascular stent materials.

Key words: biomaterials, biomaterial academic discussion, ischemic stroke, endovascular stent, intervention, intravascular formation, cerebrovascular disease, metal stent, stainless steel, memory alloys, coated stent, covered stent, drug-eluting stent, biodegradable scaffold, cell cultivation scaffold

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