REPAIR OF CORONARY-ARTERY PERFORATION AFTER ROTASTENTING BY IMPLANTATION OF THE JOSTENT COVERED STENT

Authors
RAMSDALE DR MUSHAHWAR SS MORRIS JL
Citation
Dr. Ramsdale et al., REPAIR OF CORONARY-ARTERY PERFORATION AFTER ROTASTENTING BY IMPLANTATION OF THE JOSTENT COVERED STENT, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 45(3), 1998, pp. 310-313
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
45
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
310 - 313
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1998)45:3<310:ROCPAR>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Coronary artery perforation is an unusual but well recognised complica tion of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) and coro nary atherectomy and may lead to hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade . If the perforation cannot be sealed by prolonged inflation with a pe rfusion balloon catheter, emergency cardiac surgery is usually necessa ry. This case report describes the potential use of a ''covered'' coro nary artery stent for sealing perforations in the coronary circulation . Cathet. Cardiovasc. Diagn. 45:310-313, 1998. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, In c.