Severe deformity of a Palmaz-Schatz stent after normal surgical manipulation.
This report describes a case in which normal surgical manipulation during dissection of the heart while performing a repeat revascularization procedure produced a significant deformity in Palmaz-Schatz stents previously implanted in a saphenous vein graft. The graft had shown satisfactory angiographic appearance immediately before the operation, and consideration was given to leaving it in place. Its replacement, however, prevented a major intraoperative mishap.
Tovar
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, California, USA.
Blau
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Borsari
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Landa
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Packer
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D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D015607:Stents