Subacute Thrombosis and Vascular Injury Resulting From Slotted-Tube Nitinol and Stainless Steel Stents in a Rabbit Carotid Artery Model

Abstract

Slotted-tube stainless steel stents were more thrombogenic and created more extensive vascular injury than nitinol stents in a rabbit carotid artery model. The mechanisms underlying these differences probably are related to metallurgic and design geometry properties of the two stent types.