Preservation of regional myocardial function during coronary angioplasty with an autoperfusion balloon catheter: a case report.
Echocardiographic assessment of regional myocardial function was performed during standard balloon coronary angioplasty followed by autoperfusion balloon angioplasty of a proximal left anterior descending artery stenosis. Septal and apical akinesis occurred within 60 seconds of standard balloon inflation, but regional function was well preserved during prolonged autoperfusion balloon inflation.
Simonton
C A
CA
Sanger Clinic, PA, Charlotte, NC 28207.
Kowalchuk
G J
GJ
Austin
W K
WK
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*