| Coronary artery stenting in cardiac allograft vascular disease. | |
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PMID: 9398106 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Cardiac allograft vascular disease is characterized by diffuse and multifocal heterogeneous myointimal hyperplasia with or without vascular remodeling. Catheter-based interventions are indicated in selected patients. This study documents our experience with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and coronary stents (n = 48) in a group of 27 patients 5.7 +/- 2.9 years after heart transplantation. Early and intermediate results were controlled by angiography and intravascular ultrasound. Conventional percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty resulted in a mild and mostly inadequate gain in luminal dimensions (lumen area: 3.17 +/- 0.92 mm2 to 3.70 +/- 1.21 mm2; minimal lumen diameter: 1.84 +/- 0.23 mm to 2.04 +/- 0.36 mm). Coronary stenting led to a further improvement of luminal gain (lumen area: 3.70 +/- 1.21 mm2 to 5.86 +/- 1.76 mm2; minimal lumen diameter: 2.04 +/- 0.36 mm to 2.53 +/- 0.38 mm). These results were stabilized by application of aspirin and ticlopidine only. There were no stent thromboses or bleeding complications, and early hospital discharge of the patients was possible. At follow-up (mean follow-up period 7.72 +/- 5.45 months (range 0.50 to 23.13 months) all patients were clinically event free. In six of 24 stented vessels (25%) in 16 patients, significant restenosis (>50%) was found by intravascular ultrasound (n = 20) or by angiography (n = 4) 6 months after stent placement. We conclude that in eligible cardiac allograft vascular disease lesions primary stenting may be the method of choice. However, further evaluation of the modalities of stent application and different stent designs with respect to long-term survival is necessary. |
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Authors:
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B Heublein; K Pethig; C Maass; T Wahlers; A Haverich |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: American heart journal Volume: 134 ISSN: 0002-8703 ISO Abbreviation: Am. Heart J. Publication Date: 1997 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1997-12-31 Completed Date: 1997-12-31 Revised Date: 2006-02-27 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370465 Medline TA: Am Heart J Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 930-8 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Germany. |
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Adult Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary Constriction, Pathologic Coronary Angiography Equipment Design Female Heart Transplantation* Humans Male Middle Aged Postoperative Complications* Prospective Studies Stents* Transplantation, Homologous Ultrasonography, Interventional |
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