The permanent nature of bare metal and drug eluting stents can lead to serious long-term complications such as neoatherosclerosis and late stent thrombosis. Magnesium (Mg) based bioabsorbable metal stents, with the ability to provide temporary support to stenosed arteries and harmlessly degrade, are in position to be the 4 th revolution of interventional cardiology. Mg materials are known to be sensitive to biological factors, however this has been understudied with respect to hyperlipidemia. In