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Electron-microscopic Examination of Silicon-Carbide-coated Endovascular Stents - Elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchung eines Silizium-Carbid-beschichteten endovaskulären Stents

Electron-microscopic Examination of Silicon-Carbide-coated Endovascular Stents -... Biomedizinische Technik Band 43 Heft 3/1998 Electron-microscopic examination of silicon-carbide-coated endovascular 'stents Biomed. Technik 43 (1998), 47-52 F. Jung R. Bach* R.P.Franke** Electron-microscopic Examination of Silicon-Carbide-coated Endovascular Stents Elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchung eines Silizium-Carbid-beschichteten endovaskulären Stents Dept. for Clinical Hemostaseology and Transfusion Medicine, üniversity of Saarland, Homburg/Saar, and Dresdner Institut für Herz- und Kreislaufforschung, Dresden, Germany * Dresdner Institut für Herz- und Kreislaufforschung, Dresden, Germany **Dept. Biomaterials, Institute ofBiomedical Engineering, Üniversity Ulm, Germany Key words: PTCA (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty) - coated stents - element analysis - expansion behaviour - quality control The problem of restenosis in blood vessels after balloon angioplasty could not be overcome by the use of metallic stents äs had been anticipated. With respect to restenosis, clinical and experimental results now focus the attention on the risk that stents could initiate or potentiate vascular lesions, especially by inhomogenous stent expansion. Here the stent design seems to dominate depending on the use of well rounded structural stent-elements with appropriate surfaces and a material deposition which is compatible with a homogeneous stent expansion. With respect to hemocompatibility the surface quality of the stents is of great importance, too. Coating of surfaces of metallic stents for the enhancement of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biomedizinische Technik / Biomedical Engineering de Gruyter

Electron-microscopic Examination of Silicon-Carbide-coated Endovascular Stents - Elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchung eines Silizium-Carbid-beschichteten endovaskulären Stents

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de Gruyter
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Copyright © 2009 Walter de Gruyter
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0013-5585
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10.1515/bmte.1998.43.3.47
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Biomedizinische Technik Band 43 Heft 3/1998 Electron-microscopic examination of silicon-carbide-coated endovascular 'stents Biomed. Technik 43 (1998), 47-52 F. Jung R. Bach* R.P.Franke** Electron-microscopic Examination of Silicon-Carbide-coated Endovascular Stents Elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchung eines Silizium-Carbid-beschichteten endovaskulären Stents Dept. for Clinical Hemostaseology and Transfusion Medicine, üniversity of Saarland, Homburg/Saar, and Dresdner Institut für Herz- und Kreislaufforschung, Dresden, Germany * Dresdner Institut für Herz- und Kreislaufforschung, Dresden, Germany **Dept. Biomaterials, Institute ofBiomedical Engineering, Üniversity Ulm, Germany Key words: PTCA (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty) - coated stents - element analysis - expansion behaviour - quality control The problem of restenosis in blood vessels after balloon angioplasty could not be overcome by the use of metallic stents äs had been anticipated. With respect to restenosis, clinical and experimental results now focus the attention on the risk that stents could initiate or potentiate vascular lesions, especially by inhomogenous stent expansion. Here the stent design seems to dominate depending on the use of well rounded structural stent-elements with appropriate surfaces and a material deposition which is compatible with a homogeneous stent expansion. With respect to hemocompatibility the surface quality of the stents is of great importance, too. Coating of surfaces of metallic stents for the enhancement of

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Biomedizinische Technik / Biomedical Engineering – de Gruyter

Published: Jan 1, 1998

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