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Coronary stent grafts covered by a polytetrafluoroethylene membrane
M Elsner1, W Auch-Schwelk, M Britten
1Medizinische Klinik IV (Department of Cardiology), J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. MathiasElsner@em.uni-frankfurt.de
The American Journal of Cardiology
|September 25, 1999
Abstract:
In a prospective observational study, 40 patients were treated with coronary stent grafts covered by a polytetrafluoroethylene membrane. These devices may be regarded as therapy of choice for acute coronary rupture; treatment of conventional in-stent restenosis was not associated with a favorable outcome, whereas the promising results in degenerated vein grafts warrant a randomized, controlled trial.