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Parallel implantation of two sirolimus-eluting stents was performed to treat an ectatic coronary artery stenosis, where large vessel diameter typically precludes standard stent use.
Reports a novel technique of parallel stenting using two sirolimus-eluting stents for ectatic coronary artery stenosis where standard drug-eluting stent use is typically precluded.
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Parallel stenting feasible in one ectatic case; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
With the introduction of the drug-eluting stent (DES), re-stenosis rates have been reduced. In saphenous vein graft or ectatic coronary artery disease due to large vessel diameter their use is precluded. We report a challenging case of implantation of two sirolimus-eluting stents (SES; Cypher; Cordis) parallel to each other in an ectatic vessel. A coronary …
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Rha et al. (2009) studied this question. Parallel implantation of two sirolimus-eluting stents was performed to treat an ectatic coronary artery stenosis, where large vessel diameter typically precludes standard stent use.
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