Mid-term follow-up after retrograde recanalization of chronically occluded saphenous vein graft.
We reported a case of 55-year-old male with an ostial chronically occluded saphenous vein graft which was recanalized by retrograde approach through an epicardial collateral channel with implantation of three drug eluting stents. Six-month coronary angiography showed the patency of graft and distal native vessel diameter enhancement.
Ferrarotto Hospital, University of Catania, ETNA Foundation, Italy. argalassi@virgilio.it
Alfredo R
AR
Galassi
Salvatore D
SD
Tomasello
Luca
L
Costanzo
Corrado
C
Tamburino
D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D016896:Treatment Outcome