Table 2.

Selected review publications on polymers applicable to DES.

Authors	Year	Title	Abstract	Ref.
Mori et al.	2017	Revisiting the role of durable polymers in cardiovascular devices	Presentation and discussion of the problems related to the 1st generation DP-DES, areas of success and failure of the 2nd generation DP-DES, as well as a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of BP-DES.	[17]
Rizas et al.	2016	Stent Polymers: Do They Make a Difference?	A review of various permanent (biostable) and biodegradable polymers (BPs) that are used on DES platforms, followed by a discussion of needed features: biocompatibility, lack of interaction with the active drug, appropriate drug-eluting kinetics, biological inertion after the drug has been wholly eluted, and mechanical stability.	[52]
Stewart et al.	2018	Implantable Polymeric Drug Delivery Devices: Classification, Manufacture, Materials, and Clinical Applications Implantable Polymeric Drug Delivery Devices: Classification, Manufacture, Materials, and Clinical Applications	A classification of the implantable drug delivery devices, as well as a description of the drug-release mechanisms, followed by a discussion on materials and manufacture methods, and finally, examples of clinical applications.	[53]
Strohbach et al.	2015	Polymers for Cardiovascular Stent Coatings. Review	Discussion on the parameters of tissue and blood cell functions to be considered to evaluate the biocompatibility of stent polymers, especially towards biodegradable polymers; additionally, a summary of the methods to assess these parameters in certain physiological conditions.	[54]
Joseph et al.	2018	Biomedical applications of polyurethane materials and coatings	A review summarizes state-of-the-art from 2014 to 2018 in the domain of polyurethane materials and coatings and their biomedical applications, taking into account the biocompatibility, biodegradability, and tailorable chemical and physical forms.	[55]
Englert et al.	2018	Pharmapolymers in the 21st century: Synthetic polymers in drug delivery applications Pharmapolymers in the 21st century: Synthetic polymers in drug delivery applications	A summary of the classes of synthetic polymers and their applications in polymer-drug conjugates, excipients, and in nano- and macroscopic drug carriers as coatings and as drugs.	[56]