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Late incomplete lesion coverage following Cypher stent deployment for diffuse right coronary artery stenosis
  1. A Halkin,
  2. S Carlier,
  3. M B Leon
  1. Cardiovascular Research Foundation and Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute, New York, New York, USA
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr A Halkin
    Cardiovascular Research Foundation, 55 East 59th Street, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10022, USA; ahalkincrf.org

Abstract

The availability of the only drug eluting stent currently approved in the USA has been limited, so that operators often resort to the deployment of multiple undersized stents and post-stenting high pressure inflations with larger balloons to achieve optimal lesion coverage and stent expansion. A case of stent fracture following percutaneous coronary intervention in which this strategy was used is reported.

  • drug eluting stent
  • stent fracture
  • sirolimus
  • stent

https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2004.034538

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