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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:2346-2349
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Successful surgical endarterectomy of a stented coronary artery

Virginia M. Walley, MDa, Jean-Francois Marquis, MDb, Wilbert J. Keon, MDc

a Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa Heart Institute at the Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
b Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa Heart Institute at the Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
c Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute at the Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Address reprint requests to Dr Walley, Anatomical Pathology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Mackenzie Building, 5788 University Ave, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3J 1V8
e-mail: plmvmw{at}qe2-hsc.ns.ca

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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