Coil embolization of a circumflex coronary aneurysm at the time of percutaneous coronary stenting.
Coronary atherosclerotic aneurysm often occurs in association with severe atherosclerotic coronary stenosis. We describe the percutaneous catheter-based approach to coil embolization of a circumflex coronary aneurysm at the time of obtuse marginal branch coronary stent deployment.
The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education, The Lindner Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219, USA. lindner@fuse.net
Dean J
DJ
Kereiakes
Dan E
DE
Long
Thomas D
TD
Ivey
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents