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Gore enrolls first U.S. patient in vascular stent trial

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Gore Viafort vascular stent
The Viafort vascular stent. [Image courtesy of Gore]
W.L. Gore & Associates announced that it enrolled the first U.S. patient in a clinical trial for its Viafort vascular stent.

Gore aims to evaluate Viafort for the treatment of symptomatic inferior vena cava (IVC) obstruction with or without iliofemoral obstruction.

The prospective, non-randomized, multi-center, single-arm study includes five-year follow-up. Dr. Kush Desai of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine enrolled the first U.S. patient.

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