Coronary stenting for coronary artery disease in a cardiac transplant recipient.
Accelerated coronary artery disease in the transplanted heart remains the leading cause of death in heart transplant recipients. Traditional treatment modalities have generally yielded sub-optimal results. Coronary artery stents are used frequently in the non-transplanted heart to treat coronary artery disease. Only a few cases using this approach in the cardiac transplant recipient have been reported. This report details the use of this modality in a transplant recipient with significant two-vessel coronary artery disease 11 years after orthotopic cardiac transplantation.
Murdock
D K
DK
Cardiovascular Associates of Northern Wisconsin, Wausau, USA.
Murdock
R W
RW
Lundberg
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D017130:Angioplasty / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome