Increasing angulation decreases measured aortic stent graft pullout forces Sara Rahmani, MSc, Inderraj S. Grewal, BASc, Aydin Nabovati, PhD, Matthew G. Doyle, PhD, Graham Roche-Nagle, MD, MBA, FRCSI, Leonard W. Tse, MD, FRCSC, MASc Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 63, Issue 2, Pages 493-499 (February 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.06.115 Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Experimental apparatus schematic (a) and photograph (b). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 63, 493-499DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2014.06.115) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Bar graphs for the Treovance (a), Zenith LP (b), Anaconda (c), Endurant (d), and Talent (e) of the change in pullout force for repeated pulls at each angle normalized by the force for the first pull. The values for the first three devices represent a new SG per angle; the values for the Endurant and Talent represent all of the tests at a given angle for all devices and one device, respectively. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 63, 493-499DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2014.06.115) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Representative photographs showing the proximal portions of the Cook Zenith Flex (a), Cook Zenith LP (b), Vascutek Anaconda (c), Medtronic Endurant (d), Medtronic Talent (e), and Bolton Treovance (f) adjacent to inverted sections of bovine aortas (intimal surface facing outward) after pullout tests. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 63, 493-499DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2014.06.115) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions