Percutaneous transcatheter therapy of aorto-ostial stenoses

✍ Scribed by Kereiakes, Dean J.

• Book ID: 102651361
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 901 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-6569
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199607)38:3<292::aid-ccd18>3.0.co;2-j

✦ Synopsis

The treatment of native coronary and saphenous vein graft aortoostlal stenoses with balloon angloplasty (PTCA) has been associated with lower procedural success rates, more frequent in-hospital complications and a greater likelihood of late restenosls when compared with PTCA of nonostial stenoses. The advent of ablative technologies and lntracoronary stents have significantly altered both early and late outcomes of percuts neous Intervention for aortoostlal disease. The optimal approach to this complex lesion subset often involves decalcification or tissue ablation followed by stent deployment. Improvements In currently available stent technology including enhanced radial force and vlslbllity, reduced thrombogenlcity, and the availability of shorter stent lengths, may also facilitate stent deployment and further Improve outcomes following percutaneous transcatheter therapy for aortwstlal stenoses. Q iggs wllyiiu, inc.