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Coronary stenting for coronary artery narrowing in a heart transplant recipient |
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| Authors: | Charles Seydoux Danièle Gillard Berguer Eric Eeckhout Frank Stumpe Michel Hurni Patrick Ruchat Hossein Sadeghi Jean-Jacques Goy |
| Institution: | (1) Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland;(2) Service of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Abstract: | Transplant atherosclerotic coronary disease remains the leading cause of death in heart transplant recipients. We report the first case of coronary stent implantation in a heart graft for epicardial focal stenosis. Due to the lower rate of restenosis after stenting in the native coronary artery, we suggest that coronary stenting be considered an acceptable, first intention therapeutic option instead of angioplasty alone whenever possible. |
| Keywords: | Coronary artery stenosis stent heart transplantation Stent coronary artery stenosis heart transplantation Heart transplantation coronary artery stenosis stent |
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