Treatment of a coronary aneurysm with a new polytetrafluoethylene-coated stent: A case report

A 43-year-old man underwent implantation of a PTFE-covered stent to exclude an aneurysm in an aorto-coronary venous bypass graft. A successful aneurys m closure was achieved after high-pressure stent expansion and no intimal h yperplasia was observed within the PTFE-covered stent segment in the angiog ram performed 9 months later, The technical characteristics and indications of this new coronary prothesis are discussed based on the authors' recent experience in 63 patients, Cathet Cardiovasc, Intervent 46:463-465, 1999. ( C) 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.