Contraindications:
Do not use the Abre™ stent system with patients with known hypersensitivity to nickel titanium (nitinol), with patients who are judged to have a lesion that prevents complete inflation of a balloon dilatation catheter or proper placement of the stent or the stent delivery system, and with patients in whom anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy is contraindicated.
Potential Adverse Effects of the Device on Health: The potential adverse effects (e.g., complications) associated with the use of the Abre™ stent system include, but are not limited to, access failure, access site infection, allergic reaction to contrast medium or procedure medications; aneurysm; AV fistula; bleeding; bruising; death; device breakage; device maldeployment; edema; embolization; fever; hematoma; hypertension; hypotension, nausea, or other vasovagal response; infection; myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, or other cardiovascular insufficiency; open surgical repair; pain; pseudoaneurysm; renal insufficiency or renal failure (new or worsening); respiratory distress or pulmonary embolism; sepsis; stent fracture; stent malapposition; stent malposition; stent migration; stroke, paradoxical embolism, transient ischemic attack, or intracerebral hemorrhage; tissue necrosis; venous occlusion, restenosis, or thrombosis, within or outside of stented segment; and vessel damage, including intimal injury, dissection, perforation, or rupture.
