Vascular Response to Experimental Stent Malapposition and Under-Expansion

Up to 80% of all endovascular stents have malapposed struts, and while some impose catastrophic events others are inconsequential. Thirteen stents were implanted in coronary arteries of seven healthy Yorkshire pigs, using specially-designed cuffed balloons inducing controlled stent malapposition and...

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Main Authors: Bailey, Lynn (Author), Markham, Peter (Author), Costa, Marco (Author), Ware, James (Author), O'Brien, Caroline C. (Contributor), Lopes Jr, Augusto Celso de Araujo (Contributor), Kolandaivelu, Kumaran (Contributor), Kunio, Mie (Contributor), Brown, Jonathan (Contributor), Kolachalama, Vijaya Bhasker (Contributor), Conway, Claire (Contributor), Edelman, Elazer R (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Medical Engineering & Science (Contributor), Harvard University- (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer US, 2017-02-17T17:28:49Z.
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