[New stent developments for peripheral arterial occlusive disease].
Infrainguinal peripheral occlusive disease is increasingly being treated by endovascular techniques. Bare metal stainless steel, self-expanding nitinol stents, drug-eluting and covered stents (stent grafts) are becoming increasingly more important adjuncts to percutaneous translumninal angioplasty in the treatment of peripheral artery disease. In this article the available evidence supporting the use of stents in the femoropopliteal and tibial arteries will be described as well as their limitations. Future stent developments will also be discussed.
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Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Romed Kliniken, Klinikum Rosenheim, Pettenkoferstr. 10, 83022 Rosenheim, Deutschland. gunnar.tepe@kliro.de
D000497:Alloys; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D013193:Stainless Steel; D015607:Stents
D000497:Alloys; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D013193:Stainless Steel; C013616:nitinol