TY - JOUR
T1 - Prolongation of patency of airway bypass stents with use of drug-eluting stents
AU - Choong, Cliff Khuat Chye
AU - Phan, Loc
AU - Massetti, Patrick
AU - Haddad, Fabio J
AU - Martinez, Carlos O
AU - Roschak, Edmund
AU - Cooper, Joel
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Objective: Airway bypass by transbronchial fenestration has been shown to improve
forced expiratory volume and flow in explanted emphysematous human lungs. We
previously demonstrated the feasibility and safety of airway bypass stent placement
in a canine model, but we found that most stents occluded within 1 week. The aim
of this study was to evaluate the influence of controlled-release paclitaxel-eluting
stents on prolongation of patency.
AB - Objective: Airway bypass by transbronchial fenestration has been shown to improve
forced expiratory volume and flow in explanted emphysematous human lungs. We
previously demonstrated the feasibility and safety of airway bypass stent placement
in a canine model, but we found that most stents occluded within 1 week. The aim
of this study was to evaluate the influence of controlled-release paclitaxel-eluting
stents on prolongation of patency.
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16399295
U2 - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.07.057
DO - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.07.057
M3 - Article
VL - 131
SP - 60
EP - 64
JO - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
SN - 0022-5223
IS - 1
ER -