The Original Coronary "Full Metal Jacket": A 30-Year Journey
John Lawrence, Michael P Savage, Sheldon Goldberg
1111 S. 11th Street, Suite 6210, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA. david.fischman@jefferson.edu.
Abstract:
This report provides a 30-year follow-up on a noteworthy case first described by Fischman et al in the September/ October 1989 issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology. The original article provided the first-known report of extensive intracoronary stenting, deployed in tandem, now colloquially referred to as a "full metal jacket" (FMJ). This case was especially notable at the time of publication for demonstrating that the FMJ stenting technique could provide substantial angiographic improvement following suboptimal result with balloon angioplasty.
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