Metal stents can be associated with late thrombosis and long-term dual antiplatelet therapy may be needed. In addition, a metal scaffold in the artery may interfere with adequate computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), vascular remodeling, and coronary. Extensive overlapping stenting for diffuse lesion may also make future coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures difficult.
Newer bioabsorbable vascular stents have provided an attractive avenue to treat coronary lesions because the absorbed scaffolds with restoration of coronary anatomy can permit future possibility surgical revascularization if there is re-stenosis. In this presentation, the concept of novel hybrid strategy for DES–BVS implantation in long diffuse complex lesion will be discussed.