Clinical device-related article surface characterization of explanted endovascular stents: Evidence of in vivo corrosion

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 225-238

  Halwani, Dina O ^a   Anderson, Peter G ^b   Brott, Brigitta C ^c   Anayiotos, Andreas S ^a,d   Lemons, Jack E ^e  

^a and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

fretting corrosion; ion release; overlapping stents; pitting corrosion; stent corrosion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; CLINICAL DEVICES; COBALT-BASED ALLOYS; ENDOVASCULAR STENTS; FATIGUE STRENGTH; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO CORROSION; ION RELEASE; LIMITED INFORMATION; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL FACTORS; METALLIC CONTENT; METALLIC DEBRIS; MICRO TOPOGRAPHY; NICKEL TITANIUM; OVERLAPPING STENTS; PITTING CORROSION; STENT CORROSION; SURFACE ALTERATION; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION;

BIOMECHANICS; COBALT; DEBRIS; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE; FRETTING CORROSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION; STAINLESS STEEL; TANTALUM; TISSUE; TITANIUM;

PITTING;

ALLOY; COBALT; NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL; TANTALUM; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BARE METAL STENT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MECHANICS; METAL IMPLANTATION; MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALLOYS; BLOOD VESSELS; CORROSION; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; STENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 78449295737     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31698     Document Type: Article

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