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. 2021 Jun 1;5(2):021508. doi: 10.1063/5.0037298

FIG. 5.

FIG. 5.

(a) Bare-metal stent with a nanofibrous membrane coating. (b) SEM micrographs of the electrospun nanofibrous membrane with ticagrelor. Magnification of ×3000. (c) SEM images of platelets on electrospun ticagrelor eluting membrane. Red arrow indicates activated platelets (scale bars = 10 μm). Magnification 3000×. (d) Hematoxylin–eosin stained section of arterial lesions in ticagrelor group exhibiting a complete lining of endothelial cells (red arrows). (e) Pathological arterial lesions in the ticagrelor group stained using HES5 markers at 4 weeks following stent implantation. The amount of formed neointima suggests less proliferation of SMCs in the media. (f) SEM images of the stented vessel showing complete endothelial coverage in the ticagrelor group. Reprinted with permission from Lee et al., Int. J. Nanomed. 13, 6039–6048 (2018). Copyright 2018 Dove Medical Press.