Abstract:Endovascular stent-graft has been widely used in the treatment of aortic pathologies. The stent-graft is consisted of two main parts: one is artificial vascular membrane which was used to exclude the lesions, and the other is the nitinol stent skeleton. But the current endograft membrane which was PET or ePTFE has a poor ability to inhibit bacterial colonization, it is not fit for endovascular treatment of mycotic aneurysms, as the infection is prone to progress after endograft implantation. And even after end… Show more
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