| BCS | Bioresorbable Cardiovascular Scaffold |
| BMS | Bare Metal Stent |
| CAD | Coronary Artery Disease |
| CDDS | Controlled Drug Delivery System |
| DDS | Controlled Drug Delivery Systems |
| DEB | Drug-Eluting Balloon |
| DCB | Drug-Coated Balloon |
| DES | Drug-Eluting Stent (Drug-Coated Stent) |
| ISR | In-Stent Restenosis |
| PCS | Polymer Coating Stents |
| PDLLA | Poly (D, L-Lactide) |
| PLLA | Poly (L-Lactic Acid) |
| PTCA | Percutaneous Trans Luminal Coronary Angioblasts) |
| ST | Stent Thrombosis |
| SMP | Shape-Memory Polymer |