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 ...

It is made up of an ePTFE (expanded polytetrafluoroethylene) covering with an outer metallic support structure known as a stent. The main body with leg attachment is positioned in the aorta. The ...

May-Thurner syndrome occurs when the left iliac ... stenting or thrombolysis, which uses medicine to break down clots. Surgery may also be used in some cases to reposition the artery to avoid ...

ChromaFlo is appropriate for peripheral and coronary vessels, including left main, bifurcations, superficial femoral artery, and iliac. It is designed to make lumen size and stent apposition ...

In their experiments, the microrobots removed enough material of a blood clot inside an iliac artery to resume blood flow. The iliac artery, obtained from sheep, was chosen due to its straight and ...

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 ...