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Open Access
Case Review
Novel Use of a Peripheral,
Self-Expanding Nitinol Stent
in Adjunct to Excimer Laser
Coronary Atherectomy in the
Treatment of Degenerated
Vein Graft Disease
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Division of Cardiology, University of California-Irvine, Orange, CA
2020
Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
2021
Division of Cardiology, University of California-Irvine, Orange, CA and Interventional Cardiology, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, CA
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2005, 6(3), 173–179;
Published: 30 September 2005
Abstract
Decades of successful surgical revascularization of coronary artery disease have led to a growing population with saphenous vein graft disease. However, the treatment of degenerated saphenous vein graft still remains controversial. We report a novel but successful use of a peripheral, self-expanding nitinol stent in adjunct to excimer laser coronary atherectomy (ELCA) in the treatment of symptomatic, degenerated saphenous vein graft disease. The procedure was tolerated well without any short- or long-term complications. The case report is followed by a review of the literature on the treatment of vein graft disease.
Keywords
Saphenous vein graft disease
Peripheral
self-expanding nitinol stent
Excimer laser coronary atherectomy (ELCA)