Relation of C-reactive protein to restenosis after coronary stent implantation and to restenosis after coronary atherectomy.
To determine whether the inflammatory response is equally involved in the pathogenesis of restenosis after coronary stenting and directional coronary atherectomy, we assessed restenotic lesions with immunohistochemical methods. Levels of C-reactive protein and macrophages were greater in patients with in-stent restenosis than in those with restenosis after directional coronary atherectomy. This suggests that the inflammatory response is more involved in the pathogenesis of in-stent restenosis than in restenosis after directional coronary atherectomy.
Kawamoto
Riichirou
R
First Department of Internal Medicine, Miyazaki Medical College, Miyazaki, Japan.
Hatakeyama
Kinta
K
Imamura
Takuroh
T
Ishikawa
Tetsunori
T
Date
Haruhiko
H
Shibata
Yoshisato
Y
Takenaga
Makoto
M
Asada
Yujiro
Y
Eto
Tanenao
T
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017225:Atherectomy, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents
D002097:C-Reactive Protein