Treatment of a saphenous vein graft to right ventricle fistula with a PTFE-covered stent: a case report.

Autor: Smith RW; Heart Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75246, USA., Schussler JM, Anwar A, Donsky MS
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions [Catheter Cardiovasc Interv] 2001 Dec; Vol. 54 (4), pp. 531-2.
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1327
Abstrakt: This report demonstrates the use of a covered stent for the correction of a fistula from a saphenous vein graft to the right ventricle. The use of this stent resulted in complete obliteration of the fistulous tract and restoration of flow into the sequential limb of the graft.
(Copyright 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE