Intense Inflammatory Reaction to Heparin Polymer Coated Intravascular Palmaz Stents in Porcine Arteries Compared to Uncoated Palmaz Stents
- Veterans Administration, Los Angeles, CA, Department of Radiology (United States)
- UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, Department ofRadiological Science (United States)
The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of heparin-polymer-coated intravascular stents in the reduction of vessel stenosis. Three types of coatings for Palmaz stents were tested: 1) heparin covalently bound to a polyethylene oxide(Hp-PEO) tether; 2) heparin copolymerized with ethylene vinyl acetate(Hp-Elvax) and 3) Elvax alone. Polymer-coated stents and uncoated controls were deployed in the external iliac arteries following endothelial injury in 18 swine. The animals were maintained on anatherogenic diet and examined by angiography at 6 and 12 weeks. The stented segments were then harvested for histopathologic analysis. Both types of heparin-coated stents resulted in increased luminal narrowing as compared to the contralateral uncoated stents. At 6 weeks, average luminal stenosis was 48% for Hp-PEO stents vs 35% for uncoated stents (p < 0.05). At 12 weeks, average luminal stenosis was 36% for Hp-PEO stents vs 26% for uncoated stents(p = NS). For Hp-Elvax stents, the average stenosis was 58% vs 33% for uncoated controls (p <0.05) at 6 weeks and 47% vs 19% for uncoated controls(p < 0.05) at 12 weeks. There was no significant difference between Hp-Elvax stents and Elvax stents(p = NS). Increased luminal narrowing in coated stents was primarily secondary to a marked inflammatory response.Heparin-polyethylene oxide and heparin-ethylene vinyl acetate-coated stents resulted in increased luminal narrowing as compared with uncoated stents, due to a marked inflammatory response.
- OSTI ID:
- 21088409
- Journal Information:
- Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Vol. 26, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s00270-002-2562-0; Copyright (c) 2003 Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.; www.springer-ny.com; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0174-1551
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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