Treatment of a false aneurysm of an intercostal artery using a covered intracoronary stent-graft and a radial artery puncture.
This case report documents the successful treatment of a false aneurysm of the left internal mammary artery with a covered coronary artery stent. The advantages and disadvantages of this novel method of treatment are discussed, together with a review of alternative methods of treatment of false aneurysms.
Callaway
M P
MP
Department of Radiology and Cardiac Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK.
Wilde
P
P
Angelini
G
G
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries; D017534:Radial Artery; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D015607:Stents