Intravascular ultrasound assessment of the mechanism of lumen enlargement during cutting balloon angioplasty treatment of in-stent restenosis

Authors
Ahmed, JM Mintz, GS Castagna, M Weissman, NJ Pichard, AD Satler, LF Kent, KM
Citation
Jm. Ahmed et al., Intravascular ultrasound assessment of the mechanism of lumen enlargement during cutting balloon angioplasty treatment of in-stent restenosis, AM J CARD, 88(9), 2001, pp. 1032
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00029149 → ACNP
Volume
88
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(20011101)88:9<1032:IUAOTM>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Intravascular ultrasound was used to study 10 native coronary artery in-ste nt restenosis lesions before and after cutting balloon angioplasty.. Lumen enlargement was mostly the result of intimal hyperplasia extrusion through stent struts and, to a lesser extent, axial redistribution of the neointima into adjacent reference segments.