title: Stability of coil emboli: an in vitro study.
abstract: Gianturco stainless steel coils were discharged into clear plastic tubes of varying sizes and subjected to pulsatile flow in order to study their behavior in a controlled, in vitro environment. When coils are too small for a given vessel, they tend to migrate distally or even proximally. Coils that are too large tend not to reform completely, limiting their cross-sectional area and potentially affecting their occlusive potential. Thus, each coil was tested in tubes of varying sizes and evaluated with regard to positional stability and extent of reformation.
mesh_terms: D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D013193:Stainless Steel
chemical_list: D013193:Stainless Steel