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A New Murine Model of Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Published on: July 7, 2013
[Obliteration of a coronary artery aneurysm with a PTFE-covered stent (stent graft)]
Ma Pilar Portero Pérez1, Ma Rosario Ortas Nadal, José Ramón Ruiz Arroyo
1Unidad de Hemodinámica y Cardiología Intervencionista, Hospital Clinico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza. pilipor@comz.org
Abstract:
Coronary aneurysms are very rare: their frequency ranges between 1% and 2%. The most frequent associated disease in atherosclerosis, although they have also been described associated to: infections or connective tissue diseases, Kawasaki's disease, thoracic traumas and of congenital origin. Furthermore, they are sometimes related to coronary stenting (including drug-eluting stenting) and intracoronary brachytherapy. Their evolution is not well known and their most serious complications are: thrombosis, embolization and rupture. The literature review revealed that they can be treated safely with stent grafts.
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