title: Coronary intervention: risk stratification and management of abrupt coronary occlusion.
abstract: Balloon angioplasty is associated with an often unpredictable risk of abrupt coronary occlusion, which is the leading cause of in-hospital death and myocardial infarction. Clinical, angiographic and lesion variables predictive of risk of abrupt occlusion are reviewed and a low, medium and high risk profile stratification is developed. Current management of abrupt occlusion is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: de Feyter
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Ruygrok
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment