Synergistic use of sirolimus-eluting stents and intravascular ultrasound for the treatment of unprotected left main and vein graft disease
Marco A. Costa MD, PhD
Division of Cardiology, Shands Hospital, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida
Search for more papers by this authorOsvaldo S. Gigliotti MD
Division of Cardiology, Shands Hospital, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida
Search for more papers by this authorMartin M. Zenni MD
Division of Cardiology, Shands Hospital, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida
Search for more papers by this authorPaul S. Gilmore MD
Division of Cardiology, Shands Hospital, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida
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Theodore A. Bass MD
Division of Cardiology, Shands Hospital, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida
Division of Cardiology, University of Florida Health Science Center, Shands Jacksonville, 655 West 8th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209Search for more papers by this authorMarco A. Costa MD, PhD
Division of Cardiology, Shands Hospital, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida
Search for more papers by this authorOsvaldo S. Gigliotti MD
Division of Cardiology, Shands Hospital, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida
Search for more papers by this authorMartin M. Zenni MD
Division of Cardiology, Shands Hospital, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida
Search for more papers by this authorPaul S. Gilmore MD
Division of Cardiology, Shands Hospital, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida
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Theodore A. Bass MD
Division of Cardiology, Shands Hospital, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida
Division of Cardiology, University of Florida Health Science Center, Shands Jacksonville, 655 West 8th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Treating unprotected left main disease and degenerated saphenous vein grafts by percutaneous intervention remains one of the more challenging situations facing interventional cardiologists. We present two cases showing how the use of sirolimus-eluting stents in combination with other novel techniques might alter treatment paradigms in the future. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2004;61:368–375. © 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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