Low-pressure deployment of stents: short- and long-term outcome.
This study investigates a strategy of low-pressure stenting with concomitant anti-platelet treatment designed to prevent short- and long-term events after stenting. Ninety consecutive patients who underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with stenting using low-pressure stent deployment (mean 8.1 atmospheres) with concomitant anti-platelet therapy based on ticlopidine and aspirin were followed. The 30-day outcome revealed a stent thrombosis rate of 6.4%, while the 9-month major clinical event rate was 8.6%. Low-pressure stent deployment appears to confer added risk for acute or sub-acute thrombosis even when aspirin and ticlopidine are used. Conversely, low-pressure inflation is associated with excellent long-term results.
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Cardiology Department, Soroka Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel. cafricar@kruhama.org.il
Weinstein
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Gilutz
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Kobal
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Ilia
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D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011312:Pressure; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors