Sellado de aneurisma coronario con stent cubierto de PTFE (stent graft)

SummaryO BLITERATION OF A CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM WITHA PTFE- COVERED STENT ( STENT GRAFT ) Coronary aneurysms are very rare: their fre-quency ranges between 1% and 2%. The mostfrequent associated disease in atherosclerosis,although they have also been described asso-ciated to: infections or connective tissue diseas-es, Kawasaki’s disease, thoracic traumas andof congenital origin. Furthermore, they are some-times related to coronary stenting (includingdrug-eluting stenting) and intracoronary brachy-therapy. Their evolution is not well known andtheir most serious complications are: thrombo-sis, embolization and rupture. The literature re-view revealed that they can be treated safetywith stent grafts.(Arch Cardiol Mex 2008; 78: 114-116) Palabras clave: Aneurisma coronario. Aterosclerosis. Stent graft. Key words: Coronary aneurysm. Atherosclerosis. Stent graft. Introduccionos aneurismas coronarios (AC) son muyraros, su frecuencia oscila entre el 1 y el2%, siendo mas frecuentes en la corona-ria derecha, seguidos de la circunfleja y la des-cendente anterior, en el tronco comun de la co-ronaria izquierda son todavia mas raros, con unaincidencia del 0.1%.