Key result
Endocardial cryotherapy successfully treated a young patient with intractable coronary artery disease who was not amenable to conventional revascularization.
Why the study?
Does endocardial cryotherapy improve myocardial perfusion in patients with intractable angina pectoris due to end-stage coronary artery disease?
Case Report (n=1)
Does endocardial cryotherapy improve myocardial perfusion in patients with intractable angina pectoris due to end-stage coronary artery disease?
Endocardial cryotherapy may serve as a novel therapeutic strategy for improving myocardial perfusion in patients with end-stage coronary artery disease who are not candidates for conventional revascularization.
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May offer salvage option in refractory cases; leaves open confirmation of perfusion benefit in end-stage CAD.
Patients with intractable angina pectoris due to end‐stage coronary artery disease who are not amenable to conventional revascularization provide a therapeutic challenge. We describe the first published case of a young patient with intractable coronary artery disease that was successfully treated by endocardial cryotherapy. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2003;60:229–232.
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Segev et al. (2003) conducted a case report in Intractable angina pectoris due to end-stage coronary artery disease (n=1). Endocardial cryotherapy was evaluated on Successful treatment. Endocardial cryotherapy successfully treated a young patient with intractable coronary artery disease who was not amenable to conventional revascularization.
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