Meanings of expandable stents in English

Balloon expandable stents were deployed into the distal common bile duct.

Objective: Off-pump valve replacement using self- expandable stents is an emerging technique for pulmonary valve disease.

Intervention was performed through a 5 Fr radial artery sheath using low-profile balloons and balloon- expandable stents.

Balloon- expandable stents were used in 8% of the limbs.

Our hypothesis is that covered balloon- expandable stents lead to better results when compared to uncovered balloon-expandable stents.

Self- expandable and balloon expandable stents are available.

The study group will undergo the same treatment, however one or more PTFE-covered balloon- expandable stents will be placed.

The control group will undergo endovascular dilatation or revascularization of the common iliac artery, followed by placement of one or more uncovered balloon- expandable stents.

The main objective of this study is to evaluate our initial experience with Polyflex expandable stents in the treatment of esophageal disease from two institutions.

To assess effects of lesion remodeling, we performed 3-dimensional intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) analyses in 55 coronary lesions before and after deployment of balloon- expandable stents.