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Placement of an intracoronary stent via translumbar puncture
G A Henry1, B Williams, J Pollak
1Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
Abstract:
Translumbar puncture for access to the central arterial tree has been used for aortography and for selective coronary angiography in selected patients where conventional peripheral access is not possible. A single case report of coronary angioplasty through this access technique is available in the literature. We report a case of coronary stent placement using the translumbar approach to access the coronary arteries.