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Pericardial Patch on Coronary Aneurysm

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Kure Medical Center, 3-1 Aoyama-Cho, Kure, Hiroshima, 737-0023 Japan

(Email: teruyan@kure-nh.go.jp).

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To the Editor:

I read with great interest the case report by Luthra and colleagues [1]. Coronary artery aneurysm formation developed in the patient 4 years after drug-eluting stent (DES) placement. We believe that this is the second report of coronary aneurysm as a complication by DES [2]. They applied an autologous pericardial patch and BioGlue (CryoLife . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Suvitesh Luthra and James Tatoulis
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2009 87: 351-352. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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