1. Effects of Surgical Manipulation on Coronary Stents: Should Surgical Strategy Be Altered? 
Eduardo A Tovar, MD, Alan Borsari, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages (January 1997)
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2. Fig. 1
Stent (arrow) deployed in the mid-left anterior descending coronary artery, as shown by angiography.
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3. Fig. 2
Angioscopic view of same stent as that shown in Fig. 1. Notice adequate stent-to-vessel apposition.
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4. Fig. 3
Angioscopic image of the same intracoronary stent as that shown in Fig. 1 after surgical manipulation. Notice the deformity of the stent and lack of stent-to-vessel apposition.
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5. Fig. 4
Angioscopic image of the same intracoronary stent as that shown in Fig. 1 after direct pressure. Notice complete obliteration of the stent, which has become an intraluminal artifact.
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6. Fig. 5
Two radiologic images of the same intracoronary stent as that shown in Fig. 1, after surgical manipulation and direct pressure. These studies fail to reveal the existing significant deformity.
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7. Fig. 6
Angiographic image of the same intracoronary stent (arrow) as that shown in Fig. 1, after surgical manipulation and direct pressure. This study fails to reveal the existing significant deformity.
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8. Fig. 7
The explanted stent (the same as that shown in Fig. 1) in the lateral (A) and anteroposterior (B) views, showing complete obliteration after surgical manipulation and direct pressure.
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