Background. Several studies suggest that repeated percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty procedures at the same site are associated with a progressively increasing risk of further restenosis and that short time intervals between successive procedures are predictive of future restenoses. Methods and Results. We assessed by quantitative coronary angiography the angiographic probability of...

6. de Feyter PJ. Percutaneous treatment of saphenous vein bypass graft obstructions: a continuing obstinate problem. 7. Bejarano J. Mechanical protection of cardiac microcirculation during percuta-neous coronary interevntion of saphenous vein grafts. Int J Cardiol. In press. 8. Baim DS, Wahr D, George B, et al. Randomized trial of a distal embolic protection device during percutaneous intervent...

Patient 1 Baseline 0.68 0 16.93 0 1.12 2.88 B1 0.34 1.22 71.88 0 13.90 56.60 Patient 2 Baseline 1.41 17.03 149.76 0 3.75 −12.44 B1 1.22 15.37 159.38 0 5.22 −17.08 Patient 3 Baseline 0.16 0 94.13 60.46 1.36 23.96 B1 0.13 0 101.99 37.13 13.61 48.75 Patient 4 Baseline 3.80 2.87 32.84 51.58 3.56 19.86 B1 1.14 8.10 103.84 12.73 16.10 50.11 Intracoronary electrocardiographic deflections during transm...

AIMS Revascularization is thought to improve prognosis better if ischaemia persists after so-called non-Q wave myocardial infarction, than after Q-wave myocardial infarction, because it is assumed that prognosis is better where there is less left ventricular function loss. This study evaluates the differences in clinical outcome between patients with Q wave and those with non-Q wave myocardial ...

Background. Several studies suggest that repeated percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty procedures at the same site are associated with a progressively increasing risk of further restenosis and that short time intervals between successive procedures are predictive of future restenoses. Methods and Results. We assessed by quantitative coronary angiography the angiographic probability of...

a 74-year-old male patient was admitted to our emergency department with post-mi angina. on account of the anginal complaint that continued for three days, a coronary artery angiography was undertaken. a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty was performed, followed by the implantation of a coronary stent, and coronary perfusion (timi-3) was achieved in the left anterior descending arte...

A detailed study of radiation doses received by 168 patients who underwent coronary angiography (CAG) and 102 patients who underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in two Greek hospitals is presented. Radiation dose was measured in terms of dose-area product (DAP). The contribution of fluoroscopy and cineradiography to the total DAP was examined separately for each radiol...

We report on a patient suffering a branch retinal artery occlusion immediately following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Balloon angioplasty may produce ocular embolic events consistent with previously reported neurological complaints.