ABSTRACT
Background: Drug-eluting stents have been developed to reduce the rates of restenosis after coronary angioplasty. Several studies have demonstrated that rapamycin eluting stents are reliable and effective. Aim: To report the experience in our Health Centre with rapamycin-eluting stents. Patients and methods: Forty two stents with rapamicine were implanted to 32 diabetic patients, between June 2002 and December 2004. After the procedure, subjects were clinically followed-up for an average period of 19.9+9.9 months, evaluating functional capacity, angina pectoris, dyspnea, need for hospital admission, acute coronary events and cardiac death. In those subjects clinically suspected to have restenosis, a coronary angiography was performed. Results: Twenty-nine subjects (90.6 percent) remained asymptomatic, two subjects (6.3 percent) developed angina pectoris but restenosis was ruled out, and one subject (3.1 percent) died. Conclusions: The use of rapamycin-eluting stents in these patients was safe and successful with no evidence of clinic restenosis. These positive results are similar to those reported in the Diabetes Study.
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Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Angioplasty , Coronary Stenosis/therapy , Diabetic Angiopathies/therapy , Drug-Eluting Stents , Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use , Sirolimus/therapeutic use , Chi-Square Distribution , Coronary Restenosis/prevention & control , /therapy , Follow-Up Studies , Reproducibility of Results , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
El prop¢sito del presente estudio fue comparar la respuesta cl¡nica y radiogr fica del Formocresol (FMC) (F¢rmula de Buckley 1:5) y el Sulfato Frrico (SF) al 15.5% en el tratamiento de pulpotom¡as de dientes deciduos. Diecisiete molares deciduas de catorce ni¤os pertenecientes al C.E. 3023 Pedro Paulet Mostajo de Lima, Per£; fueron tratadas con la tcnica convencional de pulpotom¡as. A nueve de ellas se les aplic¢ FMC al 20% por cinco (5) minutos FMC y a ocho, SF al 15.5% por 20 segundo. Se utiliz¢ el cemento de Oxido de Zinc Eugenol como cemento de base, el cemento de Fosfato de Zinc como cemento de subbase y el comp¢mero Compoglass como material de restauraci¢n final. Al control cl¡nico radiogr fico a los treinta d¡as se obtuvo un xito combinado de 100% (100% SF, 100%FMC). Al control a los noventa d¡as se obtuvo un xito combinado de 76.5% (87.5%SF y 66.6% FMC) La alteraci¢n m s frecuente fue la reabsorci¢n interna de la ra¡z (17.6% de casos: 1/8 SF y 2/9 FMC).
The aim of this study was to compare the clinic and radiographic response of 20% Formocresol (FMC) (Buckley;s solution 1:5) and 15.5% Ferric Sulfate (FS) in pulpotomies performed in primary teeth. Seventeen primary molars of fourteen children from the 3023 Pedro Paulet Mostajo school at Lima-Peru, were treated with the pulpotomy conventional technique. Nine of them received FMC for five minutes, and eight of them, FS for 20 seconds. It was used Zinc Oxide-Eugenol cement as a base, Zinc Phosphate cement as a sub base and the Compoglass compomer as material of final restoration.