title: Clinical and angiographic outcome after cutting balloon angioplasty.
abstract: The cutting balloon is a new device for coronary angioplasty, that, by the combination of incision and dilatation of the plaque, is believed to be promising for treatment of in-stent restenosis. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of CBA. We reviewed the immediate and 6-month follow-up angiographic and clinical outcome of 147 patients (109 men and 38 women) with a mean age of 67.3 +/- 10 undergoing this procedure at eight interventional centers in Austria. The target lesions treated with CBA were in-stent restenosis in 61% of patients, stenosis after balloon angioplasty in 8% of patients, and native lesions in 33% of patients. Sixty-five percent of the patients included had multivessel disease. Lesion type was A in 18% of patients, B1 in 31% of patients, B2 in 39% of patients, and C in 12% of patients. The degree of stenosis was 87% +/- 9%, the length of the target lesion treated with CBA was 8.8 +/- 5.1 mm. Target vessel was left circumflex artery in 22 cases, right coronary artery in 36 cases, and left anterior descending artery in 89 cases. The overall procedural success rate was 90.5%. "Stand-alone" CBA was performed in 63% of patients, the procedure was combined with coronary stenting in 16% of patients, and with balloon angioplasty in 21% of patients. Coronary complications occurred in eight cases (5.4%) with coronary dissection in seven (total dissection rate of 4.7%) and urgent bypass surgery in one case (0.7%). No further complications such as death, occlusion, or perforation of coronary arteries, embolization, or thrombosis were observed. Six-month clinical follow-up revealed q-wave myocardial infarction in 2.7% of patients, aortocoronary bypass surgery in 8.5% of patients, and repeated percutaneous coronary intervention in 17% of patients (11.5% with stenting). Six-month angiographic follow-up of patients with recurrent angina showed target lesion restenosis (> 50% diameter stenosis) in 14% of patients, late lumen loss with < or = 50% diameter stenosis in 6% of patients and progression of "other than target" lesions with > 50% diameter stenosis in 14% of patients. This series demonstrates the safety and feasibility of cutting balloon angioplasty in patients with complex coronary artery disease and in-stent restenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology and Intensive Care, General Hospital Wels, Grieskirchnerstrasse 42, Wels, Austria, 4600. johann.auer@khwels.at
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Auer
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maurer
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berent
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mayr
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Punzengruber
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lassnig
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001317:Austria; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects; D016896:Treatment Outcome