TCTAP A-019 Clinical Features and Intermediate-Term Outcomes of Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty

In-stent restenosis. Acute and long-term outcomes after excimer laser coronary angioplasty.

OBJECTIVE With the increased use of intracoronary stents, in-stent restenosis has become a clinically significant drawback in invasive cardiology. We retrospectively assessed the short- and long-term outcomes after excimer laser coronary angioplasty of in-stent restenosis. METHODS Twenty-five patients with 33 incidents of in-stent restenosis treated with excimer laser coronary angioplasty (EL...

Has excimer coronary laser angioplasty finally found a niche?

Treatment of in-stent restenosis with excimer laser coronary angioplasty.

Diffuse in-stent restenosis remains an important problem in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). In this trial, we studied the early and mid-term outcomes of excimer laser coronary angioplasty (ELCA) on diffuse in-stent restenosis. ELCA was performed in 23 patients (19 males). The mean length of the lesions was 14.3 +/- 3 mm and the mean age was 58 +/- 7 years. The minimal lum...

Coronary excimer laser angioplasty: reduced complications and indium-111 platelet accumulation compared with thermal laser angioplasty.

The relative safety and thrombogenicity of pulsed excimer and thermal laser angioplasty systems were compared in 20 normal coronary artery segments in a total of seven pigs. Using similar over the wire catheter systems and laser delivery periods of 3 to 5 s, thermal laser angioplasty was achieved with a 1.3 mm metal probe heated with 10 W of continuous argon laser energy and excimer laser angio...

Effects of Nicorandil on the Clinical and Laboratory Outcomes of Unstable Angina Patients after Coronary Angioplasty

Introduction: Ischemic preconditioning mediated by potassium channels is a physiological protective mechanism, . It is hypothesized that Nicorandil, which is a potassium channel activator, could protect the heart via preconditioning. Materials and Methods:This clinical trial was conducted on 162 patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in Quem hospital, from Jan2013 to Jan 2...