TY - JOUR
T1 - Is intravascular ultrasound after coronary stenting a safe procedure? Three cases of stent damage attributable to ICUS in a tantalum coil stent
AU - Nicosia, Antonino
AU - Van Der Giessen, Willem J.
AU - Airiian, Sergei G.
AU - Von Birgelen, Clemens
AU - De Feyter, Pim J.
AU - Serruys, Patrick W.
PY - 1997/3/1
Y1 - 1997/3/1
N2 - The use of coronary stents decreases the morbidity associated with acute closure and restenosis after balloon angioplasty. Intracoronary ultrasound (ICUS) guidance of stent implantation has been advocated to improve stent deployment and thereby to further improve the clinical outcome after stenting, over and above balloon angioplasty. Whereas the merits of intracoronary ultrasound in this respect still remain to be proven, the present paper illustrates that ICUS itself may also entail complications. This paper reports on three cases of stent damage induced or aggravated by the ICUS procedure.
AB - The use of coronary stents decreases the morbidity associated with acute closure and restenosis after balloon angioplasty. Intracoronary ultrasound (ICUS) guidance of stent implantation has been advocated to improve stent deployment and thereby to further improve the clinical outcome after stenting, over and above balloon angioplasty. Whereas the merits of intracoronary ultrasound in this respect still remain to be proven, the present paper illustrates that ICUS itself may also entail complications. This paper reports on three cases of stent damage induced or aggravated by the ICUS procedure.
KW - coronary stenting
KW - intracoronary ultrasound
KW - tantalum coil stent
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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199703)40:3<265::AID-CCD9>3.0.CO;2-8
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199703)40:3<265::AID-CCD9>3.0.CO;2-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 9062719
AN - SCOPUS:0031055074
SN - 0098-6569
VL - 40
SP - 265
EP - 270
JO - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
JF - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
IS - 3
ER -