A Travel Through Time: Percutaneous Management of Degenerated Coronary Saphenous Vein Grafts

Kimberley Iris Hemelrijk; Daniel Faria; Pablo Salinas; Javier Escaned

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101746

A Travel Through Time: Percutaneous Management of Degenerated Coronary Saphenous Vein Grafts

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Mar 15:10:101746. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101746.

Authors

Kimberley Iris Hemelrijk^{1

2}, Daniel Faria¹, Pablo Salinas¹, Javier Escaned¹

Affiliations

¹ Hospital Clínico San Carlos Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
² Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Abstract

Managing coronary saphenous vein graft failure has remained an unmet need since the inception of interventional cardiology. The present case constitutes an opportunity to revisit percutaneous strategies to treat saphenous vein graft failure, providing a travel though interventional strategies and showing a contemporary approach to this problem. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: chronic total occlusion; percutaneous coronary intervention; saphenous vein graft failure.

Publication types

Case Reports