title: Successful surgical endarterectomy of a stented coronary artery.
abstract: An occlusion in this 61-year-old male's distal right coronary artery was initially successfully opened with balloon angioplasty and three "half" Palmaz-Schatz stents (Johnson and Johnson International Systems, Warren, NJ). Subsequent occlusion of the RCA occurred and prompted bypass grafting 2 years later. An extensive manual surgical endarterectomy removed the stents, demonstrating the technical feasibility of surgically removing failed stents in accessible coronary arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa Heart Institute at the Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada. plmvmw@qe2-hsc.ns.ca
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Walley
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Marquis
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Keon
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D004691:Endarterectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents