Immediate and long-term results of the splinting for acute closure trial

✍ Scribed by Little, Thomas ;Majcher, Greg ;Doorey, Andrew ;Nguen, Mingh ;Cassel, John ;Snyder, Jeff ;Smith, Stafford ;Scoblionko, David ;Singh, Surender ;Aboulmagd, Ayman

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 373 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-6569
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199608)38:4<341::aid-ccd2>3.0.co;2-7

✦ Synopsis

The ability of coronary splinting to salvage acute coronary occlusion was prospectively studied in 22 patients whose coronary occlusion was refractory to a 15-min balloon dilatation. Splinting was successful in 20 patients (91%). One patient required emergency bypass surgery, and one patient was treated medically for continued coronary occlusion. There were no late Ischemic events. The peak CK was 1081 5 733 U/L and 1,451 2 1,646 U/L for the study and control patients (P= NS). The peak CK-MB was 110 A 102 mg/dl and 78 IC-64 mgldl, respectively (P= NS). There were no differences in electrocardloqraphic changes or Q-wave myocardial infarction between the groups. At 6-month follow-up, one patient requlred coronary artery bypass graft surgery. There were no late myocardial infarctions or deaths.