Angioplasty

Reports from University of Siena highlight recent research in angioplasty

Published in Cardiovascular Week, November 30th, 2009

"Severe highly-calcified de-novo lesions of carotid arteries are important predictors of haemodynamic depression (HD) after carotid artery stenting (CAS). Cutting-balloon angioplasty (CBA) using low-inflation pressures has been described as an effective method to achieve important luminal gain and avoid HD," scientists in Siena, Italy report.

"from January 2005 to December 2007 102 consecutive patients (mean age 76.36 +/- 7.54 years) with severe highly-calcified de novo lesions of carotid artery undergoing CAS were prospectively observed and randomized in two groups: group I (N=50) underwent standard CAS, group 2 (N=52) underwent CAS with CBA. with prior ipsilateral...

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Source: Cardiovascular Week (2009-11-30)

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