For patients with iliac artery blockages, treatment with a self-expanding stent provides better protection against restenosis at 12 months and no reduction in safety compared with a balloon-expandable ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LAS VEGAS — Self-expanding and balloon-expandable stents were equally safe and effective in patients with iliac ...

Several balloon-expandable stents have been used in the iliac artery, however, they have not had a primary indication for iliac stenting. The Express® LD iliac premounted stent system (Boston ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Approved by the FDA in late January, the first balloon-expandable stent graft with an ...

The FDA signed off on its Omnilink Elite vascular balloon-expandable stent system to treat iliac artery disease. The indication addresses a form of peripheral artery disease that can specifically hit ...

Stenting of iliac artery disease in patients with severely calcified lesions or extensive peripheral artery disease (PAD)—who historically have been excluded from clinical trials—is safe and effective ...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Omnilink Elite ® Vascular Balloon-Expandable Stent System for the ...

Background A 66-year-old man presented to hospital with gross hematuria and clots. He had previously undergone surgical repair of a right iliac artery aneurysm with placement of a vascular prosthesis ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) has announced that the GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis (VBX Stent Graft) has received U.S. Food & Drug ...

Self-expanding polyethylene terephthalate and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-covered stents have been shown to decrease the need for repeat procedures in the iliac artery. [33] Similar to surgical ...