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Implantation of bioresorbable vascular scaffold for the treatment of pudendal artery stenosis and erectile dysfunction
Author(s) -
AlNooryani Arif,
Alli Abdalla Galal,
Abdul Ghafar Tharwat,
Bhatia Amit,
Beleslin Branko
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1439-0272
pISSN - 0303-4569
DOI - 10.1111/and.13153
Subject(s) - medicine , erectile dysfunction , restenosis , coronary artery disease , bioresorbable scaffold , cardiology , artery , stenosis , erectile function , myocardial infarction , surgery , stent , percutaneous coronary intervention
Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) have been designed to overcome long‐term limitations of metallic drug‐eluting stents including permanent metallic “caging” that might trigger late coronary adverse events. Here, we report for the first time a case of 72‐year gentleman with previous coronary artery disease, treated by successful implantation of BVS (Absorb, Abbott Vascular) due to significant stenosis of internal pudenda artery and erectile dysfunction. After 2 years, BVS completely resorbed and there were no signs of pudendal artery restenosis on CT scan, whereas blood flow and sexual function improved.