Table 3. Types of stents*.
| Name | Manufacturer ** | Materiel | Coating | Nominal internal diameter (mm) | Nominal strut thickness (mm) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | |||||
| Cypher | Cordis | Stainless steel | Sirolimus *** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 |
| Xience Prime | Abbott | CoCr **** | Everolimus *** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Xience V | Abbott | CoCr | Everolimus *** | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Vision | Abbott | CoCr | None | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Mini Vision | Abbott | CoCr | None | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Multi Link Ultra | Abbott | Stainless steel | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Endeavor | Medtronic | CoCr | Zotarolimus *** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 |
| Integrity | Medtronic | CoCr | None | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 |
| Prokinetic | Biotronik | CoCr | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 |
| Orsiro | Biotronik | CoCr | Limus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 |
* Among 71 stented coronary artery segments, the stent type is known in 55 segments.
**: Cordis Corporation, Miami Lakes, FL; Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois; Medtronic Minneapolis, Minnesota; Biotronik, Bülach, Switzerland
***: Drug-eluting stent
****: Cobalt—chromium alloy