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Cover up: Clinic outcomes of covered stent usage for coronary perforation during PCI
Author(s) -
Elison David,
Dean Larry S.
Publication year - 2020
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/ccd.29400
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , perforation , stent , complication , surgery , cardiology , myocardial infarction , punching , materials science , metallurgy
Key Points Coronary artery perforation is an uncommon, but potentially devastating, complication of PCI, and is observed most frequently in complex procedures. Clinical outcomes, including periprocedural and long‐term mortality, are markedly worse with increasing degree of perforation. Perforation required covered stent usage predicts a high in‐hospital and overall mortality, although no difference is noted between covered stent type.