Covered stent to treat coexistent coarctation and aneurysm of the aorta in a young man.
Liu, "A multicenter randomized controlled trial of malignant gastric outlet obstruction: tailored partially
covered stents (placed fluoroscopically) versus standard uncovered stents (placed endoscopically)," Gastroenterology Research and Practice, vol.
Endovascular intervention for delayed post-pancreaticoduodenectomy hemorrhage: Clinical features and outcomes of transcatheter arterial embolization and
covered stent placement.
Deployment of the
covered stent resulted in restoration of essentially normal luminal diameter and resolution of the traumatic pseudoaneurysms.
When faced with such complications, there are several treatment option including balloon tamponade, repair with another balloon-expanded
covered stents like iCAST or self-expanding
covered stent like Viabahn, coil embolization, local thrombin injection and surgical repair.
Suh et al., "Upper gastrointestinal tract malignant obstruction: initial results of palliation with a flexible
covered stent," Radiology, vol.
One patient with a large celiac artery became tachycardiac and hypotensive {heart rate 170/min and blood pressure (BP): 60/40 mmHg} during the procedure just before placing the
covered stent. Rupture of the aneurysm was suspected which was confirmed with angiogram.
The Durban Metropolitan Vascular Service, with its experience of 17 vertebral artery injuries managed endovascularly (embolisation and
covered stent), yielded a technical success rate of 94%.
Covered stent grafts have been described for the treatment of aneurysms arising from the main renal artery.
The GRAFTMASTER (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, California) is a polytetrafluoroethylene- (PTFE-)
covered stent that can be delivered into the coronary arteries via a 6 French guide catheter.
A 10 mm x 50 mm
covered stent (Boston Scientific, Galway, Ireland) was implanted [Figure 1]c and [Figure 1]d.
Kim, "Airway complications after
covered stent placement for malignant esophageal stricture: special reference to radiation therapy," AJR.
