Key result
A Palmaz 154 stent covered with an autologous antecubital vein segment successfully closed a perforated aortocoronary vein graft during a transluminal extraction catheter procedure.
Why the study?
Does a stent-autologous vein patch successfully close a perforated vein graft in a patient undergoing a transluminal extraction catheter procedure?
Population
1 patient with two prior coronary bypass surgeries who experienced perforation of an occluded aortocoronary…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May support vein-covered stent as bailout for vein graft perforation; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does a stent-autologous vein patch successfully close a perforated vein graft in a patient undergoing a transluminal extraction catheter procedure?
A stent-autologous vein patch can serve as an effective percutaneous bailout therapy for closing a perforated aortocoronary vein graft.
Colon et al. (1996) studied this question. A Palmaz 154 stent covered with an autologous antecubital vein segment successfully closed a perforated aortocoronary vein graft during a transluminal extraction catheter procedure.
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