TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bernardo, Nelson L
AU  - Maluenda, Gabriel
AU  - Waksman, Ron
TI  - Innovative use of self-expanded polytetrafluoroethylene endoprosthesis for percutaneous endovascular interventions
SN  - 1522-1946
PY  - 2013///
KW  - *Blood Vessel Prosthesis
KW  - *Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation/is [Instrumentation]
KW  - *Endovascular Procedures/is [Instrumentation]
KW  - *Polytetrafluoroethylene
KW  - *Stents
KW  - *Vascular Diseases/th [Therapy]
KW  - Aged
KW  - Aged, 80 and over
KW  - Aneurysm/th [Therapy]
KW  - Arteriovenous Fistula/th [Therapy]
KW  - Coronary Artery Bypass/ae [Adverse Effects]
KW  - Female
KW  - Femoral Artery/in [Injuries]
KW  - Femoral Artery/ra [Radiography]
KW  - Femoral Artery/us [Ultrasonography]
KW  - Femoral Vein/ra [Radiography]
KW  - Humans
KW  - Male
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Prosthesis Design
KW  - Saphenous Vein/ra [Radiography]
KW  - Saphenous Vein/tr [Transplantation]
KW  - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
KW  - Treatment Outcome
KW  - Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
KW  - Ultrasonography, Interventional
KW  - Vascular Diseases/di [Diagnosis]
KW  - Vascular Diseases/et [Etiology]
KW  - Vascular System Injuries/th [Therapy]
KW  - MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
KW  - Case Reports
KW  - Journal Article
N1  - Available online from MWHC library: 1996 - present, Available in print through MWHC library: 1996 - 2006
N2  - VIABAHN endoprosthesis (Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ), a nitinol self-expanding polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) lined stent, has demonstrated utility for percutaneous treatment of chronic occlusive disease involving the superficial femoral artery. In a case series communication we aimed to describe the feasibility of a PTFE-lined stent for percutaneous treatment of conditions other than chronic occlusive disease. We report the successful use of PTFE-endoprosthesis to percutaneously treat several vascular conditions, including arterio-venous fistula closure, reconstruction of a distal limb of an aorto-femoral endoprosthesis aneurysm, femoral artery perforation repair, and an exclusion of large saphenous vein graft aorto-coronary bypass aneurysm. This case series illustrates the feasibility of the "off-label" use of self-expanded PTFE endoprosthesis to percutaneously treat several conditions, which would otherwise require "open" surgical reconstructions. Copyright  2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccd.23498
ER  -