| BMS | bare metal stents |
| BP | biodegradable polymer |
| CI | confidence interval |
| CoCr | cobalt-chromium |
| CTO | chronic total occlusions |
| DES | drug-eluting stents |
| DOCE | device-oriented composite endpoint |
| DP | durable polymer |
| EES | everolimus-eluting stent |
| HBR | high bleeding risk |
| LLL | late lumen loss |
| MACE | major adverse cardiac events |
| MI | myocardial infarction |
| PCI | percutaneous coronary interventions |
| PLGA | poly-d,l-lactide-co-glycolide |
| PLLA | poly-l-lactic acid |
| PtCR | platinum-chromium |
| SES | sirolimus-eluting stent |
| ST | stent thrombosis |
| STEMI | ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction |
| TLF | target-lesion failure |
| TLR | target-lesion revascularization |
| TVF | target-vessel failure |
| TV-MI | target-vessel myocardial infarction |
| ZES | zotarolimus-eluting stent. |