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The "Concorde" stent: a novel use of a stiff bent guidewire to facilitate stent deployment
1Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
A patient was referred for treatment of a partially deployed Palmaz-Schatz coronary stent placed in the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. After crossing the stent with a guidewire, the stent was optimally dilated with a high-pressure balloon. Several novel methods used to achieve success are discussed, along with suggestions on how to avoid common problems.