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Directional coronary atherectomy for in-stent restenosis carries risk of stent disruption from cutter snaring.
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Directional coronary atherectomy is being used in the treatment of atherosclerotic lesions in coronary vessels and vein grafts. This report describes the use of atherectomy for the treatment of restenosis of a coronary stent. The procedure was complicated by disruption of the stent which was snared by the atherectomy cutter.
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Bowerman et al. (1991) studied this question. Directional coronary atherectomy for coronary stent restenosis can be complicated by stent disruption caused by the atherectomy cutter snaring the stent.
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