Early Supera stent fracture in the femoropopliteal artery
Hun-Tae Kim1, Jeong-Hwan Cho2, Jung-Hee Lee1
1Divison of Cardiology, Yeungnam University Medical Centre, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
|March 18, 2020
Abstract:
The Supera peripheral stent has been designed to resist stent fracture, which can develop from the torsion and compressive forces in the femoropopliteal artery. We report on a case of Supera peripheral stent fracture in the early period after the index procedure in a patient with femoropopliteal artery disease. An individualised approach, considering the lesion location, patient's age and exercise capacity is important for the treatment of femoropopliteal artery disease.
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