title: Method of preparing, mounting, and implanting a Palmaz-Schatz coronary half-stent from the stent delivery system.
abstract: Full-length 15 mm Palmaz-Schatz coronary stents currently come premounted in a specially designed stent delivery system. A method is described for obtaining a bare half-stent from this system and mounting it onto a balloon catheter. The technique of half-stent delivery and implantation is discussed and is illustrated by a case example.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Singapore Heart Centre, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Koh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents