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Self-expandable and highly flexible nitinol stent: immediate and long-term results in dogs.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7942477     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We sought to investigate the acute and long-term patency rates and the histologic response of coronary arteries to a self-expandable nitinol coil stent. Twenty-two stents were implanted. Angiographic patency was demonstrated acutely in all but one dog, in which the stent was released in a small branch (1 mm); mismatch in stent-to-artery diameters resulted in vessel closure. Two dogs died from anesthesia overdose and two from bleeding within 24 hours. All dogs were treated with aspirin (80 mg/day) and warfarin (2.5 mg/day) for up to 1 month. Sixteen dogs were monitored for 1 to 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year and underwent subsequent angiography and histopathologic examination. Angiographic artery dimensions measured immediately after stent implantation (2.72 +/- 0.4 mm) did not differ from those noted at follow-up (2.68 +/- 0.44 mm, p not significant). Histologic examination showed outward stent pressure compressing the internal elastic membrane and media in most cases. Intimal hyperplasia started at 2 weeks and was most apparent at 3 and 6 months. Mean intimal thickness was 30.7 +/- 10.9 mu, 141.8 +/- 105.4 mu, 227.1 +/- 104.1 mu, 211.8 +/- 99.1 mu, and 170.1 +/- 42.7 mu at 1 to 2 weeks and 1, 3, 6 and 12 months, respectively. Therefore the nitinol self-expandable stent provokes a moderate cellular proliferative response that reaches its maximum in 3 to 6 months without further progression.
Authors:
E Grenadier; R Shofti; M Beyar; H Lichtig; D Mordechowitz; O Globerman; W Markiewicz; R Beyar
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American heart journal     Volume:  128     ISSN:  0002-8703     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. Heart J.     Publication Date:  1994 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-11-18     Completed Date:  1994-11-18     Revised Date:  2006-02-27    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370465     Medline TA:  Am Heart J     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  870-8     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Alloys*
Animals
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Vessels* / pathology,  physiology
Dogs
Equipment Design
Hyperplasia / pathology
Stents*
Time Factors
Tunica Intima / pathology
Vascular Patency / physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Alloys; 52013-44-2/nitinol

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