Tough balloon with a vulnerable shaft: an unexpected device failure

J Invasive Cardiol. 2024 Feb 29. doi: 10.25270/jic/23.00294. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA 73-year-old man, with a previous long drug-eluting stent (DES) from the mid-portion of the left main stem artery (LMS) to proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD), underwent elective coronary angiogram due to worsening anginal symptoms and an abnormal myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) showing ischemia in the LAD territory.PMID:38422535 | DOI:10.25270/jic/23.00294

Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - February 29, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Konstantinos C Theodoropoulos Konstantinos Tsakiridis Polychronis Vazakidis George Kassimis Antonios Ziakas Source Type: research