Poor Below Knee Runoff Impacts Femoropopliteal Stent Failure and Fluoropolymer Antithrombotic Effect in Healthy Swine Model

Poor below knee (BTK) runoff is a predictor of stent failure after endovascular femoropopliteal artery treatment; however, lack of pathological evaluation has prevented characterisation of stent failure. The study aimed to investigate the impact of poor BTK runoff and the antithrombotic effect of the polymer of fluoropolymer coated paclitaxel eluting stents (FP-PESs) in a healthy swine femoropopliteal artery model.

Source: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery - July 27, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Norihito Nakamura, Sho Torii, Kazuki Aihara, Satoshi Noda, Tsukasa Kato, Keigo Nakazawa, Yuji Ikari, Gaku Nakazawa Source Type: research