Patency of Branches after Coverage with Multiple Telescoping Flow-Diverter Devices: An In Vivo Study in Rabbits

摘要

The safety of placing multiple overlapped endoluminal flow diverters remains unclear because small eloquent branch arteries theoretically could become occluded by these devices. We placed single and multiple flow diverters over small branch arteries in rabbit aortas to determine the incidence of branch artery occlusion.