Concept of the homemade coronary stent:
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De Scheerder, Ivan K. ;Wang, Kai ;Kerdsinchai, Pitsanu ;Verbeken, Eric ;Desmet,
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Article
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1996
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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To defray the escalating cost of coronary stenting, we handmade a balloon expandable coil stent with stainless steel wire. Preliminary comparison with the Palmaz-Schatz stent showed that, when implanted in porcine iliac arteries, there was no difference in immediate angiographic results or in the de