Transcatheter aspiration of atheroma prolapsing through saphenous vein graft stents

✍ Scribed by Jaffar, Ali ;Cunningham, Michael J. ;Ling, Frederick S.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 486 KB
• Volume: 39
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-6569
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199611)39:3<258::aid-ccd10>3.0.co;2-b

✦ Synopsis

Endoluminal stenting has often become the percutaneous treatment of choice for older vein grafts. We report a case of successful stenting of a degenerated vein graft that was complicated by prolapse of atheroma through the stents leading to ischemia that was successfully reversed by catheter aspiration of the prolapsed atheroma.