ARE RESIDUAL STENOSES AFTER EXCIMER-LASER ANGIOPLASTY AND CORONARY ATHERECTOMY DUE TO INEFFICIENT OR SMALL DEVICES - COMPARISON WITH BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY

Authors
SAFIAN RD FREED M LICHTENBERG A MAY MA JURAN N GRINES CL ONEILL WW
Citation
Rd. Safian et al., ARE RESIDUAL STENOSES AFTER EXCIMER-LASER ANGIOPLASTY AND CORONARY ATHERECTOMY DUE TO INEFFICIENT OR SMALL DEVICES - COMPARISON WITH BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 22(6), 1993, pp. 1628-1634
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Journal of the American College of Cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07351097
Volume
22
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1628 - 1634
Database
ISI
SICI code
0735-1097(1993)22:6<1628:ARSAEA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to determine whether residua l stenoses after excimer laser angioplasty and atherectomy were due to inefficient tissue ablation/removal or to undersized devices. Backgro und. Significant residual stenoses are commonly observed after use of laser and atherectomy devices. It is not known whether these residual stenoses are due to inefficient or undersized devices.