Successful treatment of a saphenous vein graft perforation with an autologous vein-covered stent

A 52-year-old man with a history of prior coronary bypass surgery suffered recurrent angina and underwent percutaneous placement of a stent within the midportion of the saphenous vein graft to the marginal branch of the left circumflex coronary artery, which was complicated by a significant perforat ion, The perforation was successfully closed using an NIR stent covered wit h a segment of autologous antecubital vein. Subsequent surgical exploration confirmed successful closure of the perforation. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Inter vent. 48:382-386, 1999. (C) 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.