title: [Follow-up and characteristics of restenoses after coronary stent implantation in asymptomatic patients and patients with few symptoms].
abstract: Following coronary Palmaz-Schatz single stent implantation 50 patients had an angiographic follow-up after 4-6 and after 12 months. Quantitative angiography revealed that the restenosis process has finished 4-6 months after stent implantation in the majority of patients. In the present study, 6% had, however, developed symptomatic restenosis at 1-year follow-up. Detailed assessment of 15 patients revealed that the residual stenosis after stent implantation is most prominent at the stent edges, however, restenosis did occur in all segments in about the same amount. Analysis of several clinical and morphologic variables did not reveal any particular risk factor for the development of restenosis. The results of the present study do suggest that follow-up angiography should be performed 4-6 months after stent placement.
authors.affiliation: Klinik III für Innere Medizin, Universität zu Köln.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Franzen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nolte
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haude
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: von Stocmeier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Albrecht
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Heublein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Erbel
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Höpp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence
vernacular_title: Zeitverlauf und Charakteristika von Restenosen nach koronarer Stentimplantation bei asymptomatischen und symptomarmen Patienten.