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Effects of Long Term Fatigue Cycling on In Situ Fenestrations of Polyethylene Terephthalate and Expanded Polytetrafluorethylene Thoracic Aortic Stent grafts: An Experimental Study.
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2023 August 27
OBJECTIVE: In this study, the long term durability of fenestrations after in situ fenestration (ISF) of five commercial thoracic aortic stent grafts were evaluated in an in vitro experiment after a simulated 10 year period.
METHODS: Five different thoracic aortic stent grafts (Relay, Valiant, Hercules, TAG, and Ankura, with the diameter of 34 mm) received both needle and laser ISF in vitro. Viabahn (11 × 50 mm) was released in each fenestration as a bridging stent graft. Long term fatigue tests (simulating 10 years) of all the fenestrated stent grafts were then conducted in a flow fatigue test system. The area, shape, margin, and the long and short axis of all the fenestrations were evaluated with light microscopy before and after the fatigue test. The leakage from the fenestration junction before and after the long-term fatigue was also measured.
RESULTS: The experimental results showed no obvious difference between needle and laser fenestrations. The long axes of all the fenestrations remained unchanged, while the short axes increased after the fatigue test, which was significant in Relay, Valiant, and Hercules polyethylene terephthalate stent grafts. The shape scores of fenestrations improved after the fatigue test in Valiant and Hercules, remained unchanged in Relay and Ankura, and worsened in the TAG. After the fatigue cycling, the average leakage from fenestration junction decreased in all stent grafts, and the Ankura had the maximum decline rate.
CONCLUSION: The ISF technique was durable at simulated 10 year period. The fenestrations were positively remodelled to be more circular, and the leakage from the junction decreased after long term fatigue testing.
METHODS: Five different thoracic aortic stent grafts (Relay, Valiant, Hercules, TAG, and Ankura, with the diameter of 34 mm) received both needle and laser ISF in vitro. Viabahn (11 × 50 mm) was released in each fenestration as a bridging stent graft. Long term fatigue tests (simulating 10 years) of all the fenestrated stent grafts were then conducted in a flow fatigue test system. The area, shape, margin, and the long and short axis of all the fenestrations were evaluated with light microscopy before and after the fatigue test. The leakage from the fenestration junction before and after the long-term fatigue was also measured.
RESULTS: The experimental results showed no obvious difference between needle and laser fenestrations. The long axes of all the fenestrations remained unchanged, while the short axes increased after the fatigue test, which was significant in Relay, Valiant, and Hercules polyethylene terephthalate stent grafts. The shape scores of fenestrations improved after the fatigue test in Valiant and Hercules, remained unchanged in Relay and Ankura, and worsened in the TAG. After the fatigue cycling, the average leakage from fenestration junction decreased in all stent grafts, and the Ankura had the maximum decline rate.
CONCLUSION: The ISF technique was durable at simulated 10 year period. The fenestrations were positively remodelled to be more circular, and the leakage from the junction decreased after long term fatigue testing.
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