Long-term Outcomes of Minor Dissection at the Edge of Coronary Stents Detected with Intravascular Ultrasound
Korean Circulation Journal
;
: 159-165, 2001.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-186659
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The impacts of minor non-flow limiting dissections at the edge of stents on the late clinical outcomes are unknown. Therefore, we evaluated the influences of minor edge dissections on late angiographic in-stent restenosis. SUBJECTS &METHODS:
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guided single coronary stenting was successfully performed in 390 consecutive patients with 420 native coronary lesions. Six-month follow-up angiogram was performed in 327 patients (83.9%) with 348 lesions (82.9%).RESULTS:
Proximal or distal minor edge dissections were observed in 67 of 348 lesions (19.3%) (proximal in 26 lesions, distal in 37 and both in 4). In distal reference segments, lumen areas and diameters were significantly smaller in the lesions with minor edge dissection (p=.037 and 0.025, respectively). The overall angiographic restenosis rate was 26.2% (91/ 348); 29.9% (20/67) in the lesions with minor edge dissections vs. 25.3% (71/281) in the lesions without minor edge dissections (p=.540). All minor dissections disappeared and were completely healed at follow-up IVUS study.CONCLUSION:
Minor non-flow limiting dissections at the edge of stents might not be associated with the development of late angiographic in-stent restenosis.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Stents
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Follow-Up Studies
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Ultrasonography
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Circulation Journal
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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