☆Everolimus and its pharmacologic counterparts (eg, sirolimus, zotarolimus) are cytostatic drugs that inhibit mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin receptor), blocking the cell cycle between the G1 and S phase to reduce smooth muscle cell proliferation.
Coating the intracoronary stent surface with an antiproliferative agent such as everolimus creates a drug-eluting stent that helps ☆prevent neointimal hyperplasia and stent restenosis.
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