Failure of intravascular ultrasound to predict dissection after balloon angioplasty by using plaque characteristics

A. Van Der Lugt, E. J. Gussenhoven* (Corresponding Author), C. von Birgelen, J. A. Tai, H. Pieterman

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Abstract

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is more sensitive than angiography in the assessment of plaque characteristics before intervention and vascular damage after balloon angioplasty. On the basis of IVUS data, this finding may improve clinical treatment by reducing the incidence of severe dissections after balloon angioplasty. We therefore studied the relation between plaque characteristics and dissections after balloon angioplasty. First, an in vitro study on atherosclerotic arteries (n = 42) was performed in which IVUS images were compared with histologic sections to validate the IVUS technique; second, the in vitro findings were compared with IVUS findings obtained in vive (n = 73). Dissections were observed in 37 histologic sections and visualized on IVUS in 22 (59%) of the corresponding ultrasonic cross- sections; in vivo dissections were demonstrated by IVUS in 46 (63%) cases. Dissections were generally seen at the thinnest raglan of the plaque on both histologic sections (92%) and IVUS cross-sections (in vitro 83%; in vivo 93%). No significant relation was found between pre-interventional plaque characteristics such as composition features and eccentricity and the incidence, location, and extent of postinterventional dissections. Thus IVUS is able to identify dissections after balloon angioplasty, generally occurring at the site of the thinnest plaque diameter. However, neither the incidence nor the severity of these dissections was related to any of the preinterventional plaque characteristics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1075-1081
Number of pages7
JournalAmerican heart journal
Volume134
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1997
Externally publishedYes

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