Long-term stability of a coronary stent
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Lewis, A. L. ;Furze, J. D. ;Small, S. ;Robertson, J. D. ;Higgins, B. J. ;Taylor,
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract A coronary stent possessing a phosphorylcholine‐based polymer coating was removed from a human patient 6 months after implantation and analyzed for the presence of the coating. An atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique has been employed to scrape away several 10‐μm^2^ areas on the stru