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Coronary stents have been used as standard mechanical devices for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).1-3 They provide vessel wall scaffolding and prevent early elastic recoil and restenosis, which are major limitations of balloon angioplasty.4,5 Consequently, coronary stenting has a higher successful rate of PCI and improves the clinical outcome of the patients with CAD.6