Full-length 15 mm Palmaz-Schatz coronary stents currently come premounted in a specially designed stent delivery system. A method is described for obtalnlng a bare half-stent from this system and mounting it onto a balloon catheter. The technique of half-stent delivery and implantation is discussed
A method to eliminate articulation from the Palmaz-Schatz stent delivery system
โ Scribed by Moussa, Issam ;Moses, Jeffrey ;Colombo, Antonio
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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โฆ Synopsis
It has been shown that the articulation site in the Palmaz-Schatz stent is a frequent site for restenosis. In this communication, we report on a new method to eliminate the articulation site in the Palmaz-Schatz stent to provide better lesion coverage and decrease the probability of plaque prolapse at the articulation site. We believe that this method is simple and effective, and that it serves an important clinical purpose.
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