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Case Reports
. 1999 Dec;68(6):2346-9.
doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01137-6.

Successful surgical endarterectomy of a stented coronary artery

V M Walley  1 , J F Marquis, W J Keon
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Case Reports

Successful surgical endarterectomy of a stented coronary artery

V M Walley et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1999 Dec.

Abstract

An occlusion in this 61-year-old male's distal right coronary artery was initially successfully opened with balloon angioplasty and three "half" Palmaz-Schatz stents (Johnson and Johnson International Systems, Warren, NJ). Subsequent occlusion of the RCA occurred and prompted bypass grafting 2 years later. An extensive manual surgical endarterectomy removed the stents, demonstrating the technical feasibility of surgically removing failed stents in accessible coronary arteries.

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