title: Step-by-step StentBoost-guided small vessel stenting using the self-expandable Sparrow stent-in-wire.
abstract: A 56 year-old woman underwent percutaneous coronary intervention for a lesion in a small mid-left anterior descending coronary artery (reference vessel diameter by quantitative coronary angiography: 2.11 mm) with a novel drug-eluting stent specifically designed for small vessels, the CardioMind Sparrow stent delivery system. This is a self-expandable sirolimus-eluting nitinol stent directly mounted into a 0.014-inch coronary guidewire. The stent has a very thin strut thickness (67 micron), limiting its radiopacity. A specific X-ray stent-enhancing visualization technique, "StentBoost", allowed clear visualization and understanding of the steps needed for an appropriate release and deployment of the aforementioned stent.
authors.affiliation: Antwerp Cardiovascular Institute Middelheim, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium. agostonipf@gmail.com
authors.forename: Pierfrancesco
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Agostoni
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verheye
mesh_terms: D000497:Alloys; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; C013616:nitinol; D020123:Sirolimus