One balloon, one stent: An effective cost-containment strategy for elective stent deployment
β Scribed by Rocha-Singh, Krishna J. ;Trask, Robert V. ;Lucore, Charles L. ;Horn, Susan G.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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β¦ Synopsis
A cost-containment strategy to reduce stent procedure-related resources utilizing an integrated system comprised of a Stablizery guide wire, a Brite-Tipy guiding catheter, and a single Titany balloon catheter for both lesion predilatation and poststent deployment was compared to a conventional strategy utilizing a nonintegrated guide wire, guiding catheter, and balloon components. Both groups were comparable with respect to demographics, number of lesions stented, and stents deployed per lesion. No differences in lesion length or pre-and poststent minimal luminal diameter were observed. Balloon use was significantly reduced using the integrated strategy when compared to the conventional strategy (1.3 6 0.5 vs. 2.1 6 1.1; P F 0.01); overall nonstent-related resource utilization was significantly reduced
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