title: Stenting of the septal perforator coronary artery.
abstract: This report describes the first application of intracoronary stenting to the septal perforator coronary artery in a patient with a totally occluded left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and a patent venous graft to the distal LAD. The procedure was successful and resulted in almost complete relief of class III angina. Therefore, diseased large septal perforators may cause angina and be treated effectively by intracoronary stenting in selected cases.
authors.affiliation: Gazi University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Besevler, 06510, Ankara, Turkey. mozdemir@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Timurkaynak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cemri
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boyaci
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yalçin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cengel
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dörtlemez
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dörtlemez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D015607:Stents