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. 2020 Dec 4;2020(1):606–611. doi: 10.1182/hematology.2020000147

Table 2.

Ideal venous stent structure

Stent structure Material composition: steel/nickel/titanium/nitinol stent design, cell design (laser cut vs braided)
Mechanical properties Radical strength, radical stiffness, acute recoil, foreshortening, crush resistance
Deployment method Self-expandable vs balloon expandable
Stent covering Bare metal vs coated vs drug eluting