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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-7-17
pubmed:abstractText
Acute or subacute occlusion of the dilated artery is the main cause of complication after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. The occlusion incidence ranges between 2 and 10% of the procedures and the mechanisms include dissection, subintimal hemorrhage, thrombosis, vasospasm and elastic recoil. Intracoronary stent is a metallic support which may seal dissection due to angioplasty, resists elastic recoil and geometric remodeling and prevents other occlusion mechanisms. Data from recent studies demonstrate the benefit of stenting acute occlusive coronary dissection in a large artery with extensive myocardium at risk. The election of the type of stent in the treatment of the acute coronary occlusion depends on the clinical status, the coronary anatomy and the stent characteristics. The major limitation of stent is the apparition of subacute thrombosis. The mechanisms of stent thrombosis are not well known. However, some factors related to complicated angioplasty, such as the presence of important dissection, intracoronary thrombus and vessels of small diameter have been involved. For this reason, the major incidence of subacute thrombosis is observed in bail-out situations. New techniques using intravascular ultrasound and high pressure dilatation after stent placement and new approaches in antiplatelet treatment have been recently described in order to reduce the incidence of subacute occlusion and the hemorrhagic events associated to previous anticoagulant therapy.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0300-8932
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50 Suppl 2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Intracoronary stents in the treatment of angioplasty complications].
pubmed:affiliation
Unidad de Hemodinámica y Cardiología Intervencionista, Hospital de Bellvitge, Universidad de Barcelona.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review