Coronary stenting with AVE microstents in acute myocardial infarction.
Of 36 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who were referred for direct or rescue coronary angioplasty, 11 (31%) needed stent implantation. In 7 of them, the stent was implanted because of severe dissection and in 4, because of elastic recoil. All patients were discharged without clinical or electrocardiographic signs of reocclusion. No death, reinfarction or clinical evidence of ischemia occurred during up to 15 months of follow-up.
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Cardiology Division, Soroka Medical Center, and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Weinstein
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Abu-Ful
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Cafri
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Battler
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D001672:Biocompatible Materials