Percutaneous treatment of a single saphenous vein graft with two different protection devices.
Catheter-based intervention in saphenous vein aorto-coronary bypass is an established approach. Even if effective, this treatment can be associated with a high incidence of procedure-related complications, mainly because of distal embolization of atherosclerotic plaque. Both occlusion devices and filter-based protection devices have offered comparable results. In the case described below, two different lesions were treated in the same saphenous vein graft using a filter-based device for the proximal lesion and a proximal occlusion balloon for the distal one.
Interventional Cardiology Department, Sant'Ambrogio Clinical Institute, Via Faravelli, 16-20149-Milano, Italy. fbedogni@tin.it
Francesco
F
Bedogni
Nuccia
N
Morici
Nedy
N
Brambilla
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*