1. Progress in drug-delivery systems in cardiovascular applications: stents, balloons and nanoencapsulation
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Jaryl Chen Koon Ng, Daniel Wee Yee Toong, Valerie Ow, Su Yin Chaw, Hanwei Toh, Philip En Hou Wong, Subbu Venkatraman, Tze Tec Chong, Lay Poh Tan, Ying Ying Huang, and Hui Ying Ang
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Coronary Restenosis ,Drug Delivery Systems ,Treatment Outcome ,Biomedical Engineering ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Humans ,General Materials Science ,Bioengineering ,Cardiovascular Agents ,Drug-Eluting Stents ,Stents ,Development - Abstract
Drug-delivery systems in cardiovascular applications regularly include the use of drug-eluting stents and drug-coated balloons to ensure sufficient drug transfer and efficacy in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. In addition to the delivery of antiproliferative drugs, the use of growth factors, genetic materials, hormones and signaling molecules has led to the development of different nanoencapsulation techniques for targeted drug delivery. The review will cover drug delivery and coating mechanisms in current drug-eluting stents and drug-coated balloons, novel innovations in drug-eluting stent technologies and drug encapsulation in nanocarriers for delivery in vascular diseases. Newer technologies and advances in nanoencapsulation techniques, such as the use of liposomes, nanogels and layer-by-layer coating to deliver therapeutics in the cardiovascular space, will be highlighted.
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- 2022