Key result
Self-expanding stents with low-pressure dilation may limit no-reflow in occluded saphenous vein graft PCI.
Why the study?
Treatment of occluded saphenous vein grafts with percutaneous intervention is limited by frequent no-reflow phenomenon, and strategies to improve success are needed.
Does the use of self-expanding stents limit no-reflow in patients with totally occluded saphenous vein grafts?
Case Report (n=2)
Does the use of self-expanding stents limit no-reflow in patients with totally occluded saphenous vein grafts?
Self-expanding stents with low-pressure dilation may represent a viable technique to limit atherothrombotic embolization and no-reflow in totally occluded saphenous vein grafts.
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May limit no-reflow in select SVG cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before practice change.
Aggarwal et al. (2002) conducted a case report in Totally occluded saphenous vein graft (SVG) disease (n=2). Self-expanding stents with low pressure pre- and post-dilation was evaluated on No-reflow phenomenon during and immediately after the procedure. Use of self-expanding stents with low pressure pre- and post-dilation appeared to limit no-reflow during and immediately after the procedure in two patients with occluded saphenous vein grafts.
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