Percutaneous angioscopy in patients with restenosis after excimer laser coronary angioplasty.
Coronary angioscopy was performed in two patients with restenosis after excimer laser coronary angioplasty to improve our knowledge of restenosis after excimer laser angioplasty.  The characteristics of the angioscopic findings in restenosis after excimer laser angioplasty consisted of smooth white plaques, which were distinctly different from the yellow plaques commonly observed in primary lesions.  These findings indicate that restenosis in these patients after excimer laser angioplasty may be associated with smooth muscle cell proliferation and fibrosis.
Nakamura
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Hemodynamic and Interventional Cardiology Unit, University Hospital Henri Mondor, University of Paris XII, Creteil, France.
Kvasnicka
J
J
Decoster
H L
HL
Geschwind
H J
HJ
D016342:Angioplasty, Laser / Q000379:methods*; D017546:Angioscopy / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; D012008:Recurrence