Comparison of Two Percutaneous Atrial Septal Defect Occluders for Device Healing and Nickel Release in a Chronic Porcine Model

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Type of device</td><td class="align_center">Device 1 Hyperion ASDO</td><td class="align_center">Device 2 Amplatzer</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Metal alloy</td><td class="align_center">Nitinol</td><td class="align_center">Nitinol</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Wire thickness</td><td class="align_center">150 microns</td><td class="align_center">190 microns</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Mesh structure</td><td class="align_center">Polyethylene terephthalate</td><td class="align_center">Polyethylene terephthalate</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Nitinol treatment surface coating</td><td class="align_center">Preoxidized nitinol wires</td><td class="align_center">Black oxide nitinol<br/>Intaglio coating</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>ASO: Amplatzer septal occluder; ASD: atrial septal defect; NA: not available.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Technical features of the occlusion devices.</div>

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

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Table 1: Comparison of Two Percutaneous Atrial Septal Defect Occluders for Device Healing and Nickel Release in a Chronic Porcine Model 