INTRACORONARY STENTING WITHOUT INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE FOLLOWED BY ANTIPLATELET THERAPY WITH ASPIRIN ALONE IN SELECTED PATIENTS

Authors
ROY PR LOWE HC WALKER BW BARON DW GAVAGHAN TP MORGAN JJ
Citation
Pr. Roy et al., INTRACORONARY STENTING WITHOUT INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE FOLLOWED BY ANTIPLATELET THERAPY WITH ASPIRIN ALONE IN SELECTED PATIENTS, The American journal of cardiology, 77(12), 1996, pp. 1105
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
77
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1996)77:12<1105:ISWIUG>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
One hundred selected patients with 103 lesions were treated with the d eployment of 117 Palmaz-Schatz stents without the use of intravascular ultrasound, followed by antiplatelet therapy with aspirin alone. Angi ographic and clinical follow-up revealed 2 stent thromboses; 3 stents required redilation, and 3 patients required intervention for disease progression elsewhere, suggesting that this approach can be applied ef fectively in selected patients.