Synergistic use of sirolimus-eluting stents and intravascular ultrasound for the treatment of unprotected left main and vein graft disease.
Treating unprotected left main disease and degenerated saphenous vein grafts by percutaneous intervention remains one of the more challenging situations facing interventional cardiologists. We present two cases showing how the use of sirolimus-eluting stents in combination with other novel techniques might alter treatment paradigms in the future.
Division of Cardiology, Shands Hospital, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida 32209, USA.
Marco A
MA
Costa
Osvaldo S
OS
Gigliotti
Martin M
MM
Zenni
Paul S
PS
Gilmore
Theodore A
TA
Bass
D000368:Aged; D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008297:Male; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015607:Stents; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D020123:Sirolimus