Nitinol versus stainless steel stents
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2002
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Thierry, B.
Merhi, Y.
Bilodeau, L.
Silver, J.
Tabrizian, M.
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Biomaterials, 2002; 23(14):2997-3005
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Acute and subacute stents thrombosis along with thrombus mediating neointimal proliferation within the stent struts remain major concerns in coronary stenting. Up to date, there is an obvious lack of data on the thrombogenicity of stent materials in physiological conditions. This study was performed to compare the relative thrombogenicity of nitinol versus stainless steel stents. Nitinol stents were laser cut to reproduce the exact geometry of the stainless steel Palmaz stents and tested in an ex vivo AV shunt porcine model under controlled conditions. Nitinol stents presented only small amounts of white and/or red thrombus principally located at the strut intersections while Palmaz stents clearly exhibited more thrombus. As a result, 125I-fibrin(ogen) adsorption and (111)I-platelets adhesion were significantly lower on nitinol than on stainless steel devices (36%, p = 0.03 for fibrin(ogen) and 63%, p = 0.01 for platelet). These results were confirmed by scanning electron observations showing different thrombus morphologies for nitinol and stainless steel. Along with the unique mechanical properties of nitinol, its promising haemocompatibility demonstrated in our study may promote their increasing use for both peripheral and coronary revascularization procedures.
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