title: New technique to seal a long giant coronary aneurysm with PTFE-covered stents: a case report.
abstract: We report a case with a large aneurysm of right coronary artery (RCA) associated with coronary artery disease. The aneurysm was sealed with two PTFE-covered stents using a sequential technique from proximal to distal to overcome the lack of long PTFE-covered stents and existence of complex coronary anatomy. A bare metal stent was subsequently deployed to treat a lesion in the mid part of RCA. At 4-month follow-up, aneurysm was completely sealed and no restenosis occurred. Usage of sequential PTFE-covered stents enables treatment of large coronary artery aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Columbus Hospital, EMO Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Dejan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Orlic
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vitrella
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Corvaja
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colombo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D015607:Stents
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene