Bent stents: a method to facilitate delivery of the Palmaz-Schatz stent in tortuous and rigid coronary arteries.
The Palmaz-Schatz stent delivery system (PS 153) and "bare" PS 204 stents are relatively high-profile, rigid devices that can be difficult to deliver to lesions beyond tortuous, irregular, or rigid proximal segments. Described herein is a method of mounting and shaping a Palmaz-Schatz stent on a low-profile balloon that provides a steerable, low-profile, and secure stent delivery system. Also described is the successful use of this method in four consecutive cases where Palmaz-Schatz stents could not be delivered to the lesion site due to severely angulated, irregular, or rigid proximal vessel segments.
Cardiology Associates, P.C., Washington, DC 20010, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents