In Reply to: Re: Case 997_01 -- Treatment of a right-sided peri-catheter thrombus during treatment of an occluded left common iliac artery posted by Scott R. Kerns on September 28, 1997 at 12:48:43:
I assume you mean the Symphony and Memotherm. Since there are literally no vascular data on the former, and limited data on the latter, one has to question the wisdom of off label use of these stents when good tried and true devices are available. I am also quite concerned about the memotherm breakage reported in the biliary system in this month's JVIR.
We are not using either of those stents in the vascualr system and have no plans to do so pending more rigorous clinical evaluation, unless it is as part of a clinical trial.