Tag: stent

Zilver Vena stent shows three-year patency across patient groups

Cook Medical’s Zilver Vena venous self-expanding stent has shown high rates of patency sustained for three years, according to recently published data in the Journal of Vascular...

SIR position statement outlines appropriate use of endovascular management for chronic...

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) has published a position statement offering recommendations on the management of chronic iliofemoral venous obstruction with endovascular placement...
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Venous stents remain durable following pregnancy 

Iliac vein stents tolerate a gravid uterus well and a possible future pregnancy should not contraindicate their usage in the treatment of pelvic venous...
Seshadri Raju and Michael Lucas

Improved limb reflux prevalence and severity following iliac vein stent placement

In patients with chronic venous disease (CVD) and associated ipsilateral limb reflux, iliac vein stenting was shown to improve the prevalence of reflux and...
Michael Lichtenberg

Blueflow venous stent for chronic iliofemoral venous disease “offers favourable primary...

Deep venous stenting with the Blueflow venous stent (Plus Medica) offers favourable primary patency, and is associated with significant continued improvement of symptom severity...

VIVO 12-month results show “very good early success, excellent safety and...

Anthony Comerota (Alexandria, USA), global principal investigator of the VIVO trial, discusses the highlights of the 12-month results of the VIVO clinical study that...

The new Venovo Venous Stent is changing clinical practice

Steven Dubenec (Sydney, Australia) and Gerard O’Sullivan (Galway, Ireland) discuss the impact of dedicated venous stents, in particular the Venovo venous stent (BD, formerly...