title: Nitinol intravascular stent: results of preclinical evaluation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test an expandable nitinol intraluminal stent for hoop strength, biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, and patency.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-four stents were implanted in the iliac arteries of 22 sheep. Follow-up was performed with angiography and histologic examination for up to 6 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All but one stent remained widely patent during the follow-up period. Two stents in two sheep were placed incorrectly early in the study; these sheep were not followed up. Hoop strength was found to be superior to that of a similar, commercially available, self-expanding stent. Minimal corrosion was seen at 6 months, and the stent appears to be biocompatible. The stent has good radiopacity and deploys with minimal foreshortening.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The stent can be reliably and safely deployed in the vascular system. Clinical trials in humans are warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Cragg
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: De Jong
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Barnhart
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Landas
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000497:Alloys; D000792:Angiography; D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003343:Corrosion; D004867:Equipment Design; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012756:Sheep; D015607:Stents; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014654:Vascular Patency / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; C013616:nitinol