What is Gore Viabahn?
What is Gore Viabahn?
The GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis is the lowest profile, most flexible, self-expanding stent-graft available. It is the only stent-graft to receive approval for the SFA (de novo, restenotic, and in-stent restenotic disease), iliac artery, and arteriovenous access revision.
Is Viabahn a covered stent?
The Gore Viabahn VBX balloon-expandable endoprosthesis (W. L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ) is a flexible covered stent that is FDA-approved for the treatment of iliac artery stenosis, including lesions at the aortic bifurcation.
Is a Viabahn stent drug eluting?
The “sandwich” technique implemented is a novel modified angioplasty technique that combines heparin-bonded (Viabahn) stents with drug-eluting stents (Zilver PTX) deployed during arterial recanalisation….
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| C | 21 | 45.7% |
| D | 25 | 54.3% |
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Is the Gore Viabahn stent MRI safe?
No clinical events related to heating effects of GORE® VIABAHN® Endoprostheses with Heparin Bioactive Surface in the MRI environment have been reported.
What is Gore Viabahn made of?
The GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis is constructed with a biocompatible, durable, reinforced, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) liner. Its flexible design enables the device to traverse tortuous anatomies and provide durable outcomes in complex disease.
What are covered stents?
Covered stents are composed of fabric or graft material, such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), covering a metal stent. They have various clinical applications in peripheral arterial disease management.
What is covered stent?
What is a smart stent?
Researchers have developed a type of ‘smart stent’ that monitors even subtle changes in the flow of blood through the artery, detecting the narrowing in its earliest stages and making early diagnosis and treatment possible.
What is stent graft?
An endovascular stent graft is a fabric tube, supported by a metal mesh, called a stent that is used to support a weak spot in an artery, called an aneurysm – in many cases, an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
What is a Viabahn stent?
Designed to expand to every demand, the GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis (VBX Stent Graft) offers proven procedural success and long-term outcomes through flexibility, strength and accuracy to treat aortoiliac occlusive disease.
What is Gore® viabahn® endoprosthesis?
The GORE® VIABAHN® Endoprosthesis with Heparin Bioactive Surface is a flexible, self-expanding endoluminal endoprosthesis consisting of an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) lining with an external nitinol (NiTi = Nickel:Titanium) support extending along its entire length (Figure 1).
What is Gore® heparin bioactive surface?
Gore’s innovative solutions are designed for treating complex peripheral disease and backed by dedicated service to help improve patient outcomes. † As used by Gore, Heparin Bioactive Surface refers to Gore’s proprietary CBAS Heparin Surface. ‡ GORE ® VIABAHN ® Endoprosthesis.
What is the viabahn® device?
The VIABAHN ® Device is a leader among stent grafts. Decades of partnership with clinicians around the globe has resulted in unparalleled performance across multiple indications.
