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Treatment of a coronary aneurysm with a new polytetrafluoethylene‐coated stent: A case report
Author(s) -
Di Mario Carlo,
Inglese Luigi,
Colombo Antonio
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199904)46:4<463::aid-ccd17>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - medicine , aneurysm , stent , prothesis , coronary stent , radiology , intimal hyperplasia , surgery , covered stent , interventional cardiology , cardiology , prosthesis , restenosis , smooth muscle
A 43‐year‐old man underwent implantation of a PTFE‐covered stent to exclude an aneurysm in an aorto‐coronary venous bypass graft. A successful aneurysm closure was achieved after high‐pressure stent expansion and no intimal hyperplasia was observed within the PTFE‐covered stent segment in the angiogram performed 9 months later. The technical characteristics and indications of this new coronary prothesis are discussed based on the authors' recent experience in 63 patients. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 46:463–465, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.