Pathologic finding of restenosis in stent-implemented right ventricle-pulmonary artery extracardiac conduit.

Nemoto, S; Sakai, A; Miyoshi, Y; Yasuhara, K; Seguchi, M · Ann Thorac Surg · 1999

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe an excised specimen of a stent-implanted valved equine pericardial extracardiac conduit in the right heart. It appears from careful pathologic examination that the stent acted as a nidus for thrombus formation followed by thick neo-intimal development over the stent, which caused restenosis. Restenosis occurred despite anticoagulation.

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