“…fast stent endothelialization and damaged tissue re-endothelialization, combined with minimum platelet activation and aggregation on the stent's surface, are highly desirable in order to render the stent more biocompatible. The potential for endothlialization of the stent surface can be estimated by determining the EC-to-SMC count ratio on the stent surface [85][86][87][88]. It should be noted that short-term interactions of ECs and SMCs with the stent surface predominantly contribute to their competitive behaviour on the stent surface [45,89,90].…”