Bifurcating saphenous vein aorto-coronary bypass graft lesions: treatment of left main equivalent using two Filterwire EX distal protection devices.
PMID 16331663 · Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2006 · DOI 10.1002/ccd.20561
Authors: Verne M Prosser; Steven R Bailey
Abstract
Distal protection devices for the prevention of embolization during saphenous venous aorto-coronary bypass graft intervention are currently considered standard of care. Branching or Y-type saphenous vein grafts present a unique and challenging problem when a distal protection device is anticipated. We present a case in which two Filterwires were used simultaneously through two separate guiding catheters in a left main equivalent bifurcating saphenous vein graft (SVG) with significant ostial and proximal atherosclerotic lesions of both limbs, which supplied left anterior descending artery and circumflex artery territories.
Aged; Coronary Angiography; Coronary Artery Bypass; Coronary Disease; Embolism; Filtration; Graft Occlusion, Vascular; Humans; Male; Recurrence; Saphenous Vein; Stents
Cite
Verne M Prosser; Steven R Bailey. Bifurcating saphenous vein aorto-coronary bypass graft lesions: treatment of left main equivalent using two Filterwire EX distal protection devices. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2006). PMID 16331663. DOI 10.1002/ccd.20561.