title: Successful management of coronary artery rupture with stent-graft: a case report.
abstract: Perforation of coronary arteries is a relatively rare yet life-threatening complication of percutaneus coronary interventions and is encountered in approximately 0.5% of these procedures. According to the type of coronary perforation, various methods of correction are employed, ranging from conservative approach to emergency cardiac surgery. Coronary stent-grafts are composed of two metal stents and a polytetrafluoroethylene layer between them. Advent of such stents enabled efficient endovascular repair of coronary artery perforation. We present a case of coronary artery perforation which had occurred during stent implantation for the treatment of a bridged segment in the distal portion of the left anterior descending artery. This perforation was successfully managed by implanting a stent-graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ufuk University, Mevlana Bulvarı (Konya Yolu) No. 86-88, Balgat, 06520 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Berkay
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6135-2972
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ekici
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ufuk University, Mevlana Bulvarı (Konya Yolu) No. 86-88, Balgat, 06520 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aycan Fahri
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Erkan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ufuk University, Mevlana Bulvarı (Konya Yolu) No. 86-88, Balgat, 06520 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Utku
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kütük
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ufuk University, Mevlana Bulvarı (Konya Yolu) No. 86-88, Balgat, 06520 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan Fehmi
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Töre