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Cheatham-platinum-covered stent, aortic coarctation, and left subclavian artery: sometimes is there one too many?

Part of: Interventional Cardiology Aortic Coarctation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2019

Vincenzo Tufaro Open the ORCID record for Vincenzo Tufaro [Opens in a new window]  and
Gianfranco Butera
Vincenzo Tufaro
Affiliation:
Department of Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy
Gianfranco Butera*
Affiliation:
Department of Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy
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Author for correspondence: Dr G. Butera, MD, PhD, FSCAI, Department of Congenital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato Hospital, Piazza Edmondo Malan, 1, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy. Tel: +39 02752774328; Fax +39 0252774459; E-mail: gianfrancobutera@libero.it
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Abstract

A new approach was used in the percutaneous treatment of two patients with severe recoarctation involving the origin of the left subclavian artery. A tiny handmade fenestration was created in a NuMED-covered Cheatham-platinum stent before its implantation to avoid left subclavian artery occlusion. The stent placement was performed using a two-guidewire technique in which the different stiffness helped a proper positioning of the stent. After the stent deployment, the fenestration was enlarged performing a balloon angioplasty to improve flow in left subclavian artery.

Keywords

Aortic coarctationcovered stentfenestrationinterventional cardiology
Type
Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 10 , October 2019 , pp. 1302 - 1304
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© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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