TY - JOUR
T1 - Percutaneous coronary intervention in tortuous coronary arteries
T2 - Associated complications and strategies to improve success
AU - Saeed, Bilal
AU - Banerjee, Subhash
AU - Brilakis, Emmanouil S.
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - Percutaneous intervention of tortuous coronary arteries can be challenging. We describe four cases that illustrate complications associated with coronary tortuosity (coronary dissection and stent loss) and strategies that can improve procedural success (such as use of soft delivery catheters, deep guide intubation, meticulous vessel preparation, and use of short, thin-strut stents).
AB - Percutaneous intervention of tortuous coronary arteries can be challenging. We describe four cases that illustrate complications associated with coronary tortuosity (coronary dissection and stent loss) and strategies that can improve procedural success (such as use of soft delivery catheters, deep guide intubation, meticulous vessel preparation, and use of short, thin-strut stents).
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2008.00374.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2008.00374.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 18705640
AN - SCOPUS:56549123637
SN - 0896-4327
VL - 21
SP - 504
EP - 511
JO - Journal of Interventional Cardiology
JF - Journal of Interventional Cardiology
IS - 6
ER -