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Title:

First human experience with stent-based ventricle-to-coronary artery bypass.

Document type:
Case Reports; Journal Article; Article
Author(s):
Boekstegers, P; Steinbeck, G; Bengel, FM; Reichart, B; Vicol, C
Abstract:
Stent-based ventricle-to-coronary artery bypass (VSTENT) has been shown experimentally to provide systolic instead of physiological diastolic blood flow directly from the left ventricle to a coronary artery distal to a high-grade stenosis. We report on the first successful surgical implantation of a VSTENT in a patient with coronary artery disease. At 3-month follow-up, the VSTENT was patent and showed sufficient regional blood flow at rest with a significant flow reserve. In addition, the patie...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv
Year:
2004
Journal volume:
62
Journal issue:
2
Pages contribution:
198-200
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1002/ccd.20095
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15170710
Print-ISSN:
1522-1946
TUM Institution:
Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin
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