Compression of a subintimal or false lumen stent by stenting in the true lumen.
Subintimal or false lumen deployment is a rare complication of coronary stenting. The authors present a case of false lumen right coronary artery stenting with subsequent closure of the false lumen followed by stenting of the true lumen and compression of the false lumen stent.
Krivonyak
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Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, West Virginia, USA.
Warren
S G
SG
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