Self-Expanding Versus Balloon Expanding Coronary Stents in Intervention of the Degenerated Saphenous Vein Graft: Memmingen Coronary Artery Bypass Stenosis Trial (MECAST)

<div>(a) SVG of RCA with stenosis located in proximal shaft: (b) modified floating wire technique. (a) SVG-stenosis located in proximal shaft, SExS (Xposition S® 3.0–3.5 ∗ 27 mm) implantation (A), sheath retrieval (B) with support of coronary wire (C). (b) Proximal SVG-RCA stenosis with implantation of Xposition S 3.0–3.5 ∗ 27 mm, sheath retrieval with insertion of an additional wire through the guiding catheter floating free in the ascending aorta =&gt; prevention of deep intubation with possible subsequent distal wire perforation. RCA = right coronary artery; SVG = saphenous vein graft; SExS: self-expanding drug eluting stent.</div>

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

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Figure 2: Self-Expanding Versus Balloon Expanding Coronary Stents in Intervention of the Degenerated Saphenous Vein Graft: Memmingen Coronary Artery Bypass Stenosis Trial (MECAST) 

Figure 2 | Self-Expanding Versus Balloon Expanding Coronary Stents in Intervention of the Degenerated Saphenous Vein Graft: Memmingen Coronary Artery Bypass Stenosis Trial (MECAST) 