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10365067

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
854
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
Activated guidewire angioplasty (AGA) is a new technique which has been designed to assist in angioplasty of total occlusions. The purpose of this study was to determine the safety and efficacy of using flexible relatively soft guidewires (floppy wires) in conjunction with this technique and also to determine the predictors of lesion crossing and final success by this technique in patients with chronic total coronary occlusions. 73 patients with 73 chronic total coronary occlusions in whom coronary angioplasty using conventional techniques had failed were treated with AGA using floppy guidewires. The success of crossing these lesions was 65.7% (48/73) resulting in a final angioplasty success of 56.1% (41/73). Angioplasty success was reduced compared with crossing success in seven arteries in which complications occurred during balloon angioplasty. Multiple stepwise logistic regression analysis identified the location of the occlusion (right coronary artery, p = 0.005) as independent predictor of crossing success of this technique and the male gender (p = 0.03), the duration of occlusion (p = 0.05), the lesion length (p = 0.01) and the location of the occlusion (right coronary artery, p = 0.02) as independent predictors of final procedural success of the method.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0007-1285
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
162-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
The use of soft and flexible guidewires in the treatment of chronic total coronary occlusions by activated guidewire angioplasty.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Radiology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial