Balloon expandable stent implantation of a stenosis at the origin of the left internal mammary artery graft: a case report

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1991 Dec;24(4):256-8. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810240407.

Abstract

We describe a case of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in which we implanted a balloon expandable Palmaz-Schatz stent into a high-grade restenosed lesion at the origin of the left internal mammary graft.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Disease / surgery
  • Coronary Disease / therapy
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mammary Arteries* / diagnostic imaging
  • Recurrence
  • Stents*