Published January 1, 2016
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Indications and immediate and long-term results of a novel pericardium covered stent graft: Consecutive 5 year single center experience
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- 1. Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Fdn Trust, NIHR Biomed Res Unit, London, England
- 2. Univ Piemonte Orientale, Dept Cardiol, Novara, Italy
- 3. Antonio E Biagio E Cesare Arrigo Hosp, Intervent Cardiol, Alessandria, Italy
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BackgroundThe use of covered stent grafts during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a life saving solution to seal acute iatrogenic vessel rupture. However, the presence of an impenetrable mechanical barrier is also appealing during treatment of friable coronary plaques but the synthetic PTFE-membrane that might trigger excessive neointimal proliferation has limited its elective-use. Pericardium tissue may offer an appealing natural alternative. Aim of our study is to report the consecutive 5-year single center experience with the use of pericardium-covered stents (PCS) (ITGI-Medical, Israel) in a variety of emergency and elective applications.
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