Implantation of bioresorbable vascular scaffold for the treatment of pudendal artery stenosis and erectile dysfunction.
Arif Al-NooryaniGalal Alli AbdallaTharwat Abdul GhafarAmit BhatiaBranko BeleslinPublished in: Andrologia (2018)
Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) have been designed to overcome long-term limitations of metallic drug-eluting stents including permanent metallic "caging" that might trigger late coronary adverse events. Here, we report for the first time a case of 72-year gentleman with previous coronary artery disease, treated by successful implantation of BVS (Absorb, Abbott Vascular) due to significant stenosis of internal pudenda artery and erectile dysfunction. After 2 years, BVS completely resorbed and there were no signs of pudendal artery restenosis on CT scan, whereas blood flow and sexual function improved.
Keyphrases
- blood flow
- coronary artery disease
- computed tomography
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- heart failure
- magnetic resonance imaging
- dual energy
- type diabetes
- image quality
- cardiovascular disease
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance
- newly diagnosed
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve
- pet ct
- drug induced
- left ventricular
- combination therapy
- ejection fraction