Durable outcomes even in the most complex cases

Aortoiliac bifurcation (kissing stent technique) lesions

Common challenges:

  • Plaque shift
  • Embolization concerns
  • Flow dynamics
  • Tapered anatomy
  • Rupture risk
The GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis (VBX Stent Graft) delivers:
Case example VBX Kissing

Freedom from target lesion revascularization (fTLR) in kissing stents (N = 118)†

fTLR Kissing graphic

† Data on file 2020; W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc; Flagstaff, AZ.

Moderate to severely calcified focal or diffuse lesions

Common challenges:

  • Sufficient radial strength
  • Embolization concerns
  • Need for reintervention
  • Rupture risk
The VBX Stent Graft delivers:
Case example

fTLR in TASC II C and D lesions (N = 77)†

TASC Graphic

† Data on file 2020; W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc; Flagstaff, AZ.

Focal or diffuse common iliac artery lesions

Common challenges:

  • Embolization concerns
  • Conformability
  • Need for reintervention (e.g., neointimal hyperplasia)
  • Rupture risk
The VBX Stent Graft delivers:
Cases example VBX common
  • Independent stainless steel ring design for flexibility and conformability.
  • Highly flexible stent and catheter facilitates deployment.
  • ePTFE graft covers and excludes disease.

Focal or diffuse external iliac artery lesions

Common challenges:

  • Deployment accuracy
  • Tortuosity
  • Vessel movement
  • Embolization concerns
The GORE® VIABAHN® Endoprosthesis with Heparin Bioactive Surface* delivers
Case example VBX external
  • Single wire nitinol frame for flexibility, trackability and fracture resistance.
  • CBAS Heparin Surface for lasting thromboresistance.1
  • ePTFE graft covers and excludes disease.

*As used by Gore, Heparin Bioactive Surface refers to Gore’s proprietary CBAS Heparin Surface.

† Data on file 2020; W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc; Flagstaff, AZ.

1. CBAS Heparin Surface. W. L. Gore & Associates website. Accessed February 11,2021. CBAS references