Remodeling after directional coronary atherectomy (with and without adjunct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty): a serial angiographic and intravascular ultrasound analysis from the optimal atherectomy restenosis study
Lansky A, Mintz G, Popma J, Pichard A, Kent K, Satler L, Baim D, Kuntz R, Simonton C, Bersin R, Hinohara T, Fitzgerald P, Leon M. Remodeling after directional coronary atherectomy (with and without adjunct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty): a serial angiographic and intravascular ultrasound analysis from the optimal atherectomy restenosis study. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1998, 32: 329-337. PMID: 9708457, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(98)00245-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnatomy, Cross-SectionalAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryAtherectomy, CoronaryCell DivisionCerebral AngiographyCineradiographyCombined Modality TherapyConstriction, PathologicCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary VesselsElastic TissueFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedNitroglycerinRecurrenceTunica MediaUltrasonography, InterventionalVasodilator AgentsConceptsDirectional coronary atherectomyExternal elastic membraneMinimum lumen diameterLumen cross-sectional areaQuantitative coronary angiographyDiameter stenosisCoronary atherectomyCross-sectional areaReference segmentsLesion external elastic membraneOptimal directional coronary atherectomyEEM cross-sectional areaIntravascular ultrasound substudySerial IVUS studyIntravascular ultrasound analysisMajor side branchesMechanism of restenosisIntravascular ultrasound measurementsUltrasound substudyIntracoronary nitroglycerinCoronary angiographyRestenotic lesionsLate lumenArterial remodelingIVUS study