Achieving conformability and durable results in tortuous anatomy1
![Achieving conformability and durable results in tortuous anatomy](/sites/default/files/styles/max_450x450/public/2018-01/VBX-case3-Angio-img-1.jpg.webp?itok=U4sKv52a)
Patient presentation
- 70-year-old male
- History of smoking, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction
- Rutherford Category 3
Clinical challenges
- TASC II Type C lesion
- Bilateral proximal common iliac lesion
- Tortuous anatomy
![Achieving conformability and durable results in tortuous anatomy](/sites/default/files/styles/max_450x450/public/2018-01/VBX-case3-Angio-img-2.jpg.webp?itok=hm2t0vZ8)
Procedure
Right: 10 mm x 39 mm
Left: 10 mm x 59 mm
VBX Stent Graft bilateral retrograde approach
VBX Stent Graft advances and conforms through tortuous anatomy and deploys in kissing stent configuration
![Widely patent arteries demonstrating VBX Stent Graft flexibility and radial strength in a highly tortuous vessel](/sites/default/files/styles/max_450x450/public/2018-01/VBX-case3-Angio-img-3.jpg.webp?itok=ptBwnWLA)
Results
Widely patent arteries demonstrating VBX Stent Graft flexibility and radial strength in a highly tortuous vessel
![VBX Stent Graft flexibility and patency shown in discharge ultrasound](/sites/default/files/styles/max_450x450/public/2018-01/VBX-case3-Angio-img-4.jpg.webp?itok=XEkKo4Cf)
Results
VBX Stent Graft flexibility and patency shown in discharge ultrasound
- Bismuth J, Gray BH, Holden A, Metzger C, Panneton J; VBX FLEX Study Investigators. Pivotal study of a next-generation balloon-expandable stent-graft for treatment of iliac occlusive disease. Journal of Endovascular Therapy 2017;24(5):629-637.