Saphenous vein graft rupture during percutaneous transluminal angioplasty
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
- Vol. 14 (4) , 258-262
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.1810140408
Abstract
Three cases (one fatal) of a rare angioplasty complication, vein graft rupture, are presented with a review of the literature. Caution is suggested when oversizing balloons for vein graft dilatation.Keywords
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