title: Stenting with the half (disarticulated) Palmaz-Schatz stent.
abstract: A total of 110 half (disarticulated) Palmaz-Schatz coronary stents were implanted in 102 patients. Procedural success rate was 98%. Elective stenting was performed in five patients. The others received half stents for bail-out situations, including short dissections, relapsing stenoses, dissections not adequately covered by a full stent, ostial stenoses, and thrombus containing lesions. Seventeen patients received no anticoagulation except aspirin. Complications included one procedural death, three acute occlusions (resulting in one Q and two non-Q wave myocardial infarctions), and one non-Q wave infarction related to side branch closure. Stenting with the half Plamaz-Schatz coronary stent is an effective technique. It allows stenting in situations where a full stent may not be ideally suited. Use of only half a stent reduces thrombogenicity and halves costs.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Center, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Mehan
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chatelain
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents