title: Staged stenting of a long aneurysm of a saphenous vein coronary artery bypass graft.
abstract: A 65-year-old male who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) 21 years ago and received a mitral valve annuloplasty 5 years ago presented with recurrent angina. Computed tomography showed an aneurysm of the saphenous vein graft (SVG), measuring approximately 43 x 33 mm with mural thrombus. Diagnostic catheterization showed that the SVG to the marginal branch of the left circumflex artery had a large aneurysm with mural thrombus, which measured 32 x 45 mm. The lesion was pretreated with a 5.5 x 47 mm Magic Wallstent (Boston Scientific, Maple Grove, Minnesota) followed by 4.0 x 26, 4. x 26, 4.0 x 19 and 4.0 x 16 mm PTFE-covered stents. Postdilatation was performed using a 5.0 x 20 mm balloon. Because of significant flow from the distal end of the PTFE-covered stents seen at coronary angiography after 6 months, we implanted another 4.0 x 26 mm PTFE-covered stent at the distal edge of the previous stent. Final angiography and intravascular ultrasound showed no significant flow into the aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Peiman
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jamshidi
authors.forename: Therese
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Resink
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Erne
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional