Comparison of two stent-grafts with different porosity: In vivo studies in a sheep model

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 493-502

  Schürmann, Karl ^a   Haage, Patrick ^a   Meyer, Julius ^a   Vorwerk, Dierk ^a,b   Klosterhalfen, Bernd ^a   Großkortenhaus, Stefanie ^a   Hartmann, Jutta ^a   Kulisch, Arthur ^a   Günther, Rolf W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Clinic of Ingolstadt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endovascular stent grafts; Iliac arteries, grafts and prostheses; Stents and prostheses

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; POLYURETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ILIAC ARTERY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STENT; THICKNESS; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0342313630     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(07)61384-0     Document Type: Article

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