Percutaneous endovascular graft: experimental evaluation.
An arterial endovascular graft was constructed by wrapping a Dacron cylinder around the Gianturco expandable metallic stent. The device was passed through an 11-F Teflon catheter into the normal abdominal or thoracic aortas of nine dogs. At follow-up of 7-35 weeks, all but one graft remained patent. At necropsy, the grafts were almost completely covered by neo-intimal proliferation. Similar proliferation was observed between the graft and the wall of the vessel.
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D001027:Aortography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004285:Dogs; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000473:pathology; D008670:Metals; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D019736:Prostheses and Implants
D008670:Metals; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates