Angiology

Recent studies by Y. Grad and co-authors add new data to angiology findings

Published in Hematology Week, November 17th, 2008

"The feasibility and safety of a novel endovascularly delivered tubular mesh designed to reroute emboli away from a critical artery as a means of ischemic stroke prevention was tested in vitro and in vivo. Emboli rerouting efficacy was assessed in vitro," investigators in Tel Aviv, Israel report.

"Perfusion through the external femoral artery that was jailed by the device, cellular proliferation rate over the jailing mesh, and the resulting tissue coverage of the orifice were assessed in the swine iliofemoral bifurcation. Device-induced embolization was assessed in a swine kidney model. In vitro experiments demonstrated that particles as small as 60% of the pore...

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Source: Hematology Week (2008-11-17)

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