Outcomes of Covered Kissing Stent Placement Compared with Bare Metal Stent Placement in the Treatment of Atherosclerotic Occlusive Disease at the Aortic Bifurcation

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
4239307	Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology	2010	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The use of covered balloon-expandable kissing stents for atherosclerotic aortic bifurcation occlusive disease provides superior patency at 2 years as compared with bare metal balloon-expandable stents.

Keywords

ABI PTA DSA External iliac artery Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty Digital subtraction angiography EIA Trans-Atlantic inter-Society Consensus CIA ABI, ankle brachial index Common iliac artery TASC

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Outcomes of Covered Kissing Stent Placement Compared with Bare Metal Stent Placement in the Treatment of Atherosclerotic Occlusive Disease at the Aortic Bifurcation

Authors

Saher S. MD, Asim MD, Gianluigi MD, Bulent MD, Ulku C. MD, Nancy L. MD, Klaus D. MD, Alan H. MD, John F. MD,