Out of Sight, Out of Heart?
In December 1987, with over 300 experimental coronary implants performed in dogs and cadavers, Palmaz and Schatz, accompanied by Dr. Eduardo Sousa (Dante Pazzanese Cardiology Institute), performed the first human stent implantation in São Paulo, with a prosthesis developed by Palmaz himself.
However, the initial results of the first multicenter study on the subject were less than encouraging, as the device showed high rates of subacute occlusion (18%), despite the Palmaz stent presenting numerous favorable aspects of biocompatibility, mechanics, and hemodynamics.
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