Intracoronary Stent Used in a Transplanted Heart.
The development of occlusive cardiac allograft vasculopathy is different from coronary artery disease in native vessels and treatment is still an unsettled problem. We describe a case of a 53-year-old male who underwent heart transplantation because of severe dilated cardiomyopathy. Based on myocardial ischemia, coronary angiography was performed six years later. Significant two-vessel coronary artery disease had developed and was treated by coronary angioplasty. Due to a suboptimal result, a Palmaz-Schatz stent was successfully implanted in the left anterior descending artery. The patency of the stent was demonstrated by ultrafast computed tomography and confirmed by control angiography three months later.
Lercher
P
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Auenbruggerplatz 15, A - 8036, Graz, Austria.
Eber
B
Luha
O
Schafhalter-Zoppoth
I
Tscheliessnigg
KH
Schumacher
M
Fruhwald
FM
Zweiker
R
Klein
W