Percutaneous intervention of a bifurcating saphenous vein graft with simultaneous dual-limb filter wire protection.
Distal embolization during saphenous vein graft angioplasty may result in myocardial infarction. The use of dual nonocclusive filter wire during angioplasty in a bifurcating saphenous vein graft is described.
Lanzieri
Mark
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Department of Medicine, Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, Maine 04240, USA. marklanzieri73@hotmail.com
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D004617:Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005374:Filtration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*