title: Significance of angiographic coronary dissection after cutting balloon angioplasty.
abstract: We studied 2 groups of patients with (n = 14) and without (n = 42) minor coronary dissections following cutting balloon angioplasty. Patients with a minor dissection had a longer length of lesion, higher percentage of stenosis, and greater acute gain after angioplasty; at 6-month follow-up both groups had a similar net gain and restenosis rate, suggesting that minor dissection after cutting balloon angioplasty has no influence on restenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martí
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guiteras
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Augé
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017225:Atherectomy, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012008:Recurrence