[Placing of a Nitiol Memotherm prosthesis: personal experience].
The authors report their experience in the placement of a new Nitinol stent. Thirty eight stents were placed in 28 iliac arteries, 3 superficial femoral arteries, 1 popliteal artery, 2 subclavian arteries, and 2 veins of hemodialysis fistulae. The primary success rate was 100%, but several angioplasty balloons have been ruptured due to the specific configuration of the stent. The mean follow-up period was 6 months. Memotherm placement is an easy procedure, but the specific structure of the device makes the manipulation of the angioplasty balloons delicate, especially in tortuous vessels.
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Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels.
Dussaussois
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Golzarian
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Tack
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Delcour
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Struyven
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D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D013348:Subclavian Artery