Treatment of a coronary aneurysm with a new polytetrafluoethylene-coated stent: a case report.
A 43-year-old man underwent implantation of a PTFE-covered stent to exclude an aneurysm in an aorto-coronary venous bypass graft. A successful aneurysm closure was achieved after high-pressure stent expansion and no intimal hyperplasia was observed within the PTFE-covered stent segment in the angiogram performed 9 months later. The technical characteristics and indications of this new coronary prosthesis are discussed based on the authors' recent experience in 63 patients.
Di Mario
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Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy. columbus@micronet.it
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Colombo
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D000328:Adult; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015607:Stents; D014654:Vascular Patency
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene