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Saphenous vein graft rupture during percutaneous transluminal angioplasty
D L Namay1, G S Roubin, C L Tommaso
1Andreas Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Three cases (one fatal) of a rare angioplasty complication, vein graft rupture, are presented with a review of the literature. Caution is suggested when oversizing balloons for vein graft dilatation.