Salvage of branch vessels during bifurcation lesion angioplasty: Acute and long‐term follow‐up
作者:
Joseph S. Weinstein,
Donald S. Baim,
Mary Ellen Sipperly,
Carolyn H. McCabe,
Beverly H. Lorell,
期刊:
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
(WILEY Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 22,
issue 1
页码: 1-6
ISSN:0098-6569
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1002/ccd.1810220102
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: angioplasty;coronary circulation;bifurcation lesion;branch vessel
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractTo evaluate angiographic success, frequency of branch vessel loss and salvage, and long‐term outcome, we studied the early and late outcomes of 56 consecutive patients who underwent PTCA of bifurcation lesions, which involved the left anterior descending or left circumflex coronary artery, with stenoses>70% in both the parent and an involved branch vessel. In 35 patients (63%), the PTCA strategy was attempted dilation of both the main vessel and the involved branch vessel using predominantly a double‐wire, sequential balloon technique; in 21 (27%) the PTCA attempt was confined to the main vessel alone. Transient angiographic occlusion of the branch vessel occurred in 32% of patients in whom dilation of both vessels was attempted, and in 38% in whom the main vessel alone was dilated (p = NS); 91% of the occluded branch vessels were then salvaged when sequential angioplasty of both vessels had been initially planned, compared to only 38% when the initial strategy had been dilatation of the main vessel alone (p<.05). Predischarge exercise testing showed residual ischemia in 6% of patients who had both vessels successfully dilated, versus 37% in those in whom dilatation was confined to the main vessel (p6 weeks) recurrence of angina or a positive exercise test, occurred in 42% of patients who had both vessels successfully dilated. Thus although bifurcation lesion angioplasty frequently results in transient branch vessel loss, these branches can usually be salvaged using a double‐wire technique but tend to have a higher late restenosis than conventional single vessel
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