We report on a case of coronary perforation during stenting of a saphenous vein graft with a biliary stent. Sealing of the perforation was achieved with another btltary stent deployed within the first stent at the site of the perforation, and with prolonged balloon inflation. This case illustrates t
Successful sealing of perforation of saphenous vein graft by coronary stent
โ Scribed by Raviprasad G. Subraya; Alan K. Tannenbaum
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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