Successful surgical endarterectomy of a stented coronary artery Virginia M Walley, MD, Jean-Francois Marquis, MD, Wilbert J Keon, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 68, Issue 6, Pages 2346-2349 (December 1999) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01137-6
Fig 1 These radiographs are all of the right coronary artery in the 30°-LAO projection and show: (A) the initial occlusion between the middle and distal segments (arrow); (B) wire recanalization with inflation using a 2-mm balloon; (C) three “half” stents deployed in the middle and distal segments (arrows); (D) patency at the end of the procedure; and (E) reocclusion 7 weeks later. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1999 68, 2346-2349DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01137-6)
Fig 2 This radiograph of the largest of the two endarterectomy pieces shows the three stents. There is distortion of the stents, presumed due to some surgical trauma at the core’s extraction. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1999 68, 2346-2349DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01137-6)