Treatment of unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis with a drug eluting stent in a heart transplant patient with allograft vasculopathy

G Matos; L Steen; F Leya

doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.045096

Treatment of unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis with a drug eluting stent in a heart transplant patient with allograft vasculopathy

Heart. 2005 Feb;91(2):e11. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.045096.

Authors

G Matos¹, L Steen, F Leya

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Loyola University Medical Center, 2130 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. [email protected]

Abstract

High risk angioplasty with drug eluting stent placement into an unprotected left main coronary artery in a heart transplant recipient with allograft vasculopathy is reported. Ten month angiographic follow up is reported. The literature is reviewed and current methods of revascularisation are described in detail. This is the first report of drug eluting stent use in this clinical situation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Coronary Restenosis / prevention & control
Coronary Stenosis / drug therapy*
Coronary Stenosis / surgery
Drug Implants
Heart Transplantation*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Revascularization / methods
Postoperative Complications / drug therapy*
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Stents*
Transplantation, Homologous

Substances

Drug Implants