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Bench study of strut deformation and polymer damages
European Bifurcation Club 2010, EBC 2010 – Budapest, Hungary
New DES and bifurcation stenting
Bench study of strut deformation and polymer damages
Author: Patrice Guérin, MD, PhD, L’Institut du Thorax, Nantes University Hospital, France
LIMITATIONS
- Bench test…
- DES open in physiological serum
- Can not exactly mimic conditions in vivo (in an unconstrained model)
- Expansion in water followed by drying could have affected more hydrophilic DES coating
- Should be interpreted cautiously