Plaque prolapse between the struts of the intracoronary Palmaz-Schatz stent: Report of two cases with a novel treatment of this unusual problem

Abstract

We report two cases of prolapse of atheromatous plaque through the struts of the doubly spirally articulated hand-mounted Palmaz-Schetz stent (PS20 4C) in native coronary arteries and suggest a treatment for this unusual problem. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Diagn. 40:353–357, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.