Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds (BVS) provide a new and rapidly evolving alternative to drug eluting metal stents (DES) in the treatment of coronary artery disease. Besides potential advantages over DES in the restoration of the vessel function and reduction of post-interventional angina BVS allow for artifact-free coronary MRI of scaffolded arteries. In this study, we demonstrate that MRI for non-invasive monitoring of coronary arteries after BVS implantation is feasible by assessing coronary patency in a group of 11 patients initially and one year post-intervention.
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