Poly-Lactic-Acid for coating of endovasc
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F. Schellhammer; M. Schumacher; A. Berlis; H. G. Bloss; A. Pagenstecher
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Poly-Lactic-Acid (PLA) was evaluated for coating of vascular endoprostheses in the treatment of experimental arterio-venous-fistulae (AVF). Bilateral carotid Β± external jugular AVF were created in 5 adult dogs. 7 PLA coated nitinol stents were placed via a transfemoral approach covering 5 AVF. The c