title: [The role of directional atherectomy in the study of postangioplasty restenosis].
abstract: Restenosis is the major limit of arterial recanalization devices. Directional atherectomy has allowed for the first to remove atheroma samples by a percutaneous approach. A group of patients affected by superficial femoral artery disease who underwent directional atherectomy were studied. The patients were treated for primitive stenosis, restenosis after balloon angioplasty and thermal laser angioplasty. Intimal hyperplasia was the distinctive feature of restenosis and the cells were identified by immunohistochemistry and transmission electron microscopy as smooth muscle cells in an active synthetic phenotype. No differences were found in the restenosis process after balloon angioplasty and laser thermal angioplasty. Directional atherectomy is a useful tool to ameliorate our knowledge in the restenosis process after invasive procedure of recanalization.
authors.affiliation: Divisione Clinicizzata di Cardiologia, Università degli Studi, Verona.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barbieri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tanganelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taddei
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Attino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Molinari
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mirandola
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cosimi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Destro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D016342:Angioplasty, Laser; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Il ruolo dell'aterectomia direzionale nello studio della ristenosi postangioplastica.