Early U.S. Experience Following FDA Approval of the ABBOTT Vascular Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold: Optimal Deployment Technique Using High Resolution Coronary Artery Imaging.

Drug eluting metallic stents have been the "gold standard" in the percutaneous management of coronary artery disease. Recent publications have suggested that the ABSORBTM bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) may represent a reasonable alternative, in well selected cases.