TY - JOUR
T1 - Left internal mammary artery graft perforation repair using polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stents
AU - Albiero, Remo
AU - Nishida, Takahiro
AU - Corvaja, Nicola
AU - Vaghetti, Marco
AU - Mario, Carlo D.
AU - Colombo, Antonio
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The increase in the use of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) as graft of choice to the left anterior descending coronary artery for conventional and minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery has led to an increased incidence of LIMA pathologic lesions early after surgery. The lesion, commonly located in the body of the LIMA graft, is usually caused by mechanical injury during harvesting of the vessel. In this context, percutaneous intervention with stent implantation can be complicated by vessel rupture, which usually requires emergency surgical repair. We describe two cases of stent implantation in newly placed LIMA grafts complicated by vessel rupture, which were successfully repaired using polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stents. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
AB - The increase in the use of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) as graft of choice to the left anterior descending coronary artery for conventional and minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery has led to an increased incidence of LIMA pathologic lesions early after surgery. The lesion, commonly located in the body of the LIMA graft, is usually caused by mechanical injury during harvesting of the vessel. In this context, percutaneous intervention with stent implantation can be complicated by vessel rupture, which usually requires emergency surgical repair. We describe two cases of stent implantation in newly placed LIMA grafts complicated by vessel rupture, which were successfully repaired using polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stents. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
KW - Artery perforation
KW - Internal mammary artery graft
KW - Polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stent
KW - Stents
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U2 - 10.1002/1522-726X(200009)51:1<78::AID-CCD18>3.0.CO;2-8
DO - 10.1002/1522-726X(200009)51:1<78::AID-CCD18>3.0.CO;2-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 10973025
AN - SCOPUS:0033865713
VL - 51
SP - 78
EP - 82
JO - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
JF - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
SN - 1522-1946
IS - 1
ER -