Effective thrombus extraction strategies in acute saphenous vein graft intervention

A 63-year-old man presented with unstable angina with dynamic lateral ST depression. Fifteen years previously he underwent coronary bypass surgery. Coronary angiography demonstrated subtotal occlusion of the ostium of the saphenous vein graft (SVG) to the circumflex marginal branch. Passage of a coronary wire and subsequent low pressure dilatation with …