title: Catheter reperfusion for failed emergency coronary angioplasty without subsequent bypass surgery.
abstract: A transluminal intracoronary reperfusion catheter was used in eight patients, seven with acute myocardial infarction and one with unstable angina after failed emergency coronary angioplasty. After placement of the reperfusion catheter across the occlusion, symptoms of ischemia resolved in each patient. Chest pain recurred 3 hr later in a single patient who underwent successful repeat angioplasty. The catheter was withdrawn within 6 hr after introduction. Control coronary angiography showed a patent vessel in all but one. Repeat angioplasty or bypass surgery was unnecessary. During 1 year mean follow-up time all patients remained free of symptoms. The reperfusion catheter is a safe and effective means of perfusing a coronary artery after failure of thrombolytic therapy and coronary angioplasty in cases where emergency bypass surgery is not performed because operative morbidity is expected to outweigh the benefit of myocardial salvage, or when it cannot be immediately organized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ciampricotti
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Dekkers
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: el Gamal
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: van der Krieken
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Relik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000628:therapy*; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000628:therapy*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000628:therapy; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D013300:Streptokinase