IntraStent double-strut LD: collapse and recoil following use in postoperative stenoses.
We describe the use of the Intratherapeutics IntraStent in two postoperative patients, its collapse and recoil following deployment, and subsequent transcatheter correction.
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. mitch.recto@louisville.edu
Michael R
MR
Recto
Ronald G
RG
Grifka
D000293:Adolescent; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*