MR Angiography of Peripheral Arterial Stents: In Vitro Evaluation of 22 Different Stent Types

Table 1

Name, manufacturer, material, primary area of use, diameter, and length of the examined stents.

No.	Name	Manufacturer	Material	Primary area of use	Diameter (mm)	Length (mm)
1	SAXX Small	Devon	316 L	Arterial vessels	5	17
2	SelfX Xpert	Abbott	nitinol	Peripheral vasculature/biliary duct	5	20
3	Palmaz Genesis	Cordis	316 L	Peripheral arteries below aortic arch/biliary tree	6	39
4	Absolute	Guidant	nitinol	Biliary/peripheral vessels	7	60
5	AccuLink Carotid	Guidant	nitinol	Internal carotid and common carotid arteries	7	40
6	Express Vascular LD	Boston Scientific	316 L	Peripheral vessels	7	37
7	OmniLink 0,018	Guidant	316 L	Biliary/peripheral arteries	7	18
8	OmniLink 0,035	Guidant	316 L	Biliary/peripheral arteries	7	35
9	Palmaz Corinthian IQ	Cordis	316 L	Peripheral vessels	7	40
10	Renal109	Abbott	tantalum	Renal artery	7	18
11	Renal137	Abbott	tantalum	Renal artery	7	18
12	Sentinol	Boston Scientific	nitinol	Peripheral vessels	7	59
13	Symphony	Boston Scientific	nitinol	Iliac artery	7	40
14	Vascuflex SE	B. Braun	nitinol	Peripheral vessels	7	20
15	Wallstent Uni	Boston Scientific	cobalt-superalloy	Iliac artery, sfa (superficial femoral artery), tracheal	7	60
16	Zilver	Cook	nitinol	Carotid artery	7	40
17	Evo	pfm	nitinol	Pelvic arteries and peripheral vessels/biliary	8	50
18	RxCarotid	Abbott	nitinol	Carotid artery	8	30
19	SAXX Large	Devon	316 L	Arterial vessels	8	35
20	Evo Target	pfm	nitinol	Intravascular/biliary	10	80
21	Wallgraft Endoprothesis	Boston Scientific	braided polyester graft bonded to the outside of a Wallstent (cobalt-superalloy)	Trachea/bronchus (off label: peripheral arteries)	10	70
22	CP Stent	pfm	90% platinum 10% iridium	Aorta	13	28