Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Journal of interventional cardiology
2 (1989), S. 0
ISSN:
1540-8183
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Intravascular stents were conceived to improve the management of complications after PTCA. The beneficial effects of stents are thought to be due largely to the improvement of the primary PTCA result. To confirm this hypothesis, we have measured transstenotic gradients before and after stenting. Coronary pressure measurements were taken in 17 patients at the time of PTCA as well as before and after the implantation of a self-expand-able intracoronary mesh endoprosthesis. Before stenting the mean residual pressure gradient was 21 mmHg; after implantation of the endoprosthesis this pressure gradient dropped to a mean of 2 mmHg. This observation confirms the angio-graphic observation of improvement of the primary result of PTCA by stenting. (J Interven Car-diol 1989:2:1)
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8183.1989.tb00748.x
Permalink
Library |
Location |
Call Number |
Volume/Issue/Year |
Availability |