Coronary Stents --;Introduction --;Basic Considerations for Coronary Stenting --;The Self-Expanding Mesh Stent --;Report of the Initial Experience with the Palmaz-Schatz Coronary Stent Following Elective Angioplasty --;Coronary Stenting with the Palmaz-Schatz Stent: The Clinic Pasteur Interventional Cardiology Unit Experience --;Gianturco-Roubin Stent: Development and Investigation --;Stenting of Cornary Arteries --;The Ideal Revascularization Technique: Reality, Dream, Mystery or Myth? --;Bioabsorbable, Drug-Eluting, Intracoronary Stents: Design and Future Applications --;Bioabsorbable Endovascular Stent Prostheses --;Conclusion.