Table 1:

Properties of the analyzed stents

Stent/Tube Name	Acronym in This Article	Manufacturer	Material	Nominal Stent Diameter/Length (mm)	Tube Diameter (mm)	D_xray (mm)
Acculink	AC4	Guidant, Indianapolis, Ind	Nitinol	6/40	4	4.31
Acculink	AC5	Guidant	Nitinol	6/40	5	5.10
Dynalink	DY6	Guidant	Nitinol	7/56	6	5.99
Dynalink	DY7	Guidant	Nitinol	8/38	7	6.91
Dynalink	DY8	Guidant	Nitinol	9/56	8	7.92
Omnilink	OM5	Guidant	SS 316 L	5/18	5	5.38
Omnilink	OM6	Guidant	SS 316 L	6/18	6	5.10
Omnilink	OM7	Guidant	SS 316 L	7/38	7	6.66
Omnilink	OM8	Guidant	SS 316 L	8/58	8	7.28
Omnilink	OM9	Guidant	SS 316 L	9/18	9	8.56
Omnilink	OM10	Guidant	SS 316 L	10/18	10	9.20
Protegé	PRO	ev3, St. Paul, Minn	Nitinol	6/30	5	4.92
Carotid Wallstent	WAL7	Boston Scientific Ireland Galway, Ireland	Cobalt alloy	7/40	7	6.94
Carotid Wallstent	WAL9	Boston Scientific	Cobalt alloy	9/40	9	9.16
Xact	X6/8	Abbott Vascular Devices, Mervue, UK	Nitinol	6–8 mm^*/40	7	6.61
Xact	X7	Abbott Vascular	Nitinol	8/30	7	7.09
Xact	X8	Abbott Vascular	Nitinol	9/30	8	7.90
Xact	X8/10	Abbott Vascular	Nitinol	8–10 mm^*/30	9	8.42