Document Detail


Incidence, predictors, and management of acute coronary occlusion after coronary angioplasty.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8122614     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Acute coronary occlusion occurs in 4.3% to 8.3% of patients during coronary angioplasty. Its occurrence is difficult to predict in an individual patient. At high risk are patients with unstable angina, intracoronary thrombus, extreme age, long complex lesions, and diffuse disease. "Standard" management including redilation (prolonged perfusion) thrombolytic treatment and emergency bypass surgery is only successful in approximately 50% of the patients and is associated with a high mortality and myocardial infarction rate of < 6% and 30%, respectively. Bail-out stent implantation appears to emerge as an effective alternative in suitable patients and might reduce mortality, the apparent progression to myocardial infarction, or might decrease the need for emergency bypass. New techniques including directional atherectomy, rotational ablation, or the excimer laser are associated with a similar frequency of acute occlusion. Immediate access to a surgical back-up facility remains necessary to treat refractory acute occlusions.
Authors:
P J de Feyter; P P de Jaegere; P W Serruys
Related Documents :
1447584 - A comparison of two techniques of care for indwelling arterial introducers after corona...
8890804 - Pharmacologic myocardial protection during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplas...
2525214 - Thermal effects of stationary "hot tip" laser coronary probes: an in vitro assessment.
6211084 - Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: report from the registry of the nationa...
14996574 - Association of peripheral neutrophilia with adverse angiographic outcomes in st-elevati...
20578094 - Ischemic cardiac complications following g-csf.
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American heart journal     Volume:  127     ISSN:  0002-8703     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. Heart J.     Publication Date:  1994 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-04-05     Completed Date:  1994-04-05     Revised Date:  2006-02-27    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370465     Medline TA:  Am Heart J     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  643-51     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Thoraxcenter, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary / adverse effects*
Coronary Disease / etiology*,  therapy
Humans
Prognosis

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Echocardiographic assessment of right and left ventricular function after single-lung transplantatio...
Next Document:  Thrombolytic therapy in infants and children.