Cutting Balloon angioplasty for cardiac transplant vasculopathy

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2002 Aug;21(8):910-3. doi: 10.1016/s1053-2498(02)00387-x.

Abstract

We performed Cutting Balloon angioplasty on 20 lesions in 11 heart transplant recipients 7.5 +/- 3.8 years after transplantation. The mean percentage of diameter stenosis decreased from 88.3% +/- 13.8% to 19.6% +/- 13.7% after Cutting Balloon angioplasty without complication. Seven patients underwent follow-up angiography at 4.9 +/- 1.7 months in a total of 12 lesions, and all lesions showed restenosis with a mean diameter stenosis of 84.4% +/- 19.2%. Cutting Balloon angioplasty can be used to treat obstructions in cardiac transplant coronary arteries; however, it may cause exacerbation and produce a high restenosis rate.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation
  • Angioplasty, Balloon / methods*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / surgery*
  • Coronary Stenosis / surgery
  • Female
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged