A NEW USE OF THE SIMPSON PERCUTANEOUS ATHERECTOMY CATHETER - RESECTION OF RETAINED VALVE CUSPS OF AN IN-SITU VEIN GRAFT

Authors
WALKER J CHALMERS N GILLESPIE IN
Citation
J. Walker et al., A NEW USE OF THE SIMPSON PERCUTANEOUS ATHERECTOMY CATHETER - RESECTION OF RETAINED VALVE CUSPS OF AN IN-SITU VEIN GRAFT, Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 18(1), 1995, pp. 50-52
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Cardiovascular and interventional radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01741551
Volume
18
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
50 - 52
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-1551(1995)18:1<50:ANUOTS>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
An in-situ saphenous vein graft occluded because of retained valve cus ps. After aspiration thrombectomy, percutaneous transluminal balloon a ngioplasty was performed, but reocclusion occurred 11 months later. Fo llowing a second aspiration thrombectomy, the restenosed retained cusp s were resected using the Simpson percutaneous atherectomy catheter. T he graft remained patent until the patient's death from unrelated caus es 6 months later.