Plaque Volume and Occurrence and Location of Periprocedural Myocardial Necrosis After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Author(s) -
Italo Porto,
Joseph B. Selvanayagam,
William J. van Gaal,
Francesco Prati,
Adrian S. H. Cheng,
Keith M. Chan,
Stefan Neubauer,
Adrian Banning
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.105.593210
Subject(s) - medicine , intravascular ultrasound , conventional pci , percutaneous coronary intervention , cardiology , myocardial infarction , confidence interval , odds ratio , angioplasty , thrombolysis , stent , magnetic resonance imaging , coronary occlusion , radiology
Myocardial necrosis can occur during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) despite optimal adjunctive pharmacology and careful technique. We investigated the mechanisms of procedural infarction using angiographic analysis, intravascular ultrasound, and delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging.
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