| Intravascular ultrasound assessment of direct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in patients with acute myocardial infarction. | |
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PMID: 9285179 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Acute myocardial infarction is caused by sudden thrombotic occlusion of the coronary artery due to a previous rupture of atherosclerotic plaque. OBJECTIVE: To use intracoronary ultrasound measurements to evaluate lumen and plaque changes in patients with acute myocardial infarction. METHODS: Patients (n = 103) with acute myocardial infarction who had been scheduled to undergo primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) were selected. Both before and after successful coronary angioplasty, intracoronary 30 MHz ultrasound studies were performed using a 3.5F monorail catheter. The ultrasound catheter was successfully advanced into the occluded vessel segment without major complications prior to PTCA in 79 of 103 (76.7%) patients and after PTCA in 88 of 103 (85.3%) patients. RESULTS: The plaques were eccentric in 66 patients (83.5%). The plaque morphology was purely low echogenic in 14 (17.7%), highly echogenic in six (7.6%) and mixed in 59 (74.7%) patients. Partial (59 of 79, 74.7%) or ring-like calcification (3 of 79, 3.8%) was observed in 62 patients (78.5%). Plaque fissuring or dissection was detected prior to PTCA in 25 patients (31.7%). Coronary angioplasty successfully enlarged the inner luminal area from 2.1 +/- 0.7 to 7.4 +/- 1.9 mm2 (P < 0.01), whereas the plaque-thrombus area decreased significantly (13.8 +/- 1.7 mm2 before and 9.0 +/- 1.9 mm2 after PTCA; P < 0.01). The total vessel area remained virtually constant (15.9 +/- 1.9 mm2 before and 16.4 +/- 2.5 mm2 after PTCA, NS). PTCA-induced plaque rupture or dissection was observed in only 13 (16.5%) patients. CONCLUSION: Intracoronary ultrasound imaging can be performed safely and successfully prior and subsequent to PTCA in selected patients with acute myocardial infarction. Early reperfusion via PTCA seems to be attributable to a significant reduction in the amount of low-echogenic plaque and thrombus material, whereas factors like balloon-induced dissection and stretching of vessels play only a minor role. |
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Authors:
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W Bocksch; M Schartl; S Beckmann; S Dreysse; E Fleck |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Coronary artery disease Volume: 8 ISSN: 0954-6928 ISO Abbreviation: Coron. Artery Dis. Publication Date: 1997 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1997-10-23 Completed Date: 1997-10-23 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9011445 Medline TA: Coron Artery Dis Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 265-73 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Cardiology, Charite-Virchow Klinikum-Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany. |
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Aged Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary* Coronary Angiography Coronary Artery Disease / pathology, ultrasonography* Echocardiography / methods Female Humans Male Middle Aged Myocardial Infarction / pathology, therapy, ultrasonography* Ultrasonography, Interventional* |
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