title: Percutaneous bailout therapy of a perforated vein graft using a stent-autologous vein patch.
abstract: A 74-yr-old man with two prior coronary bypass surgeries experienced perforation of an occluded aortocoronary vein graft during a transluminal extraction catheter (TEC) procedure for unstable angina. The perforation was successfully closed using a Palmaz 154 stent covered with a short segment of autologous antecubital vein.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Ochsner Medical Institutions, New Orleans, Louisiana 70121, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Colon
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ramee
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mulingtapang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pridjian
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation*