Why the study?
Does balloon angioplasty with large-diameter bare metal stent implantation reduce angiographic stent restenosis compared to coronary drug-eluting stent implantation in patients with symptomatic pulmonary vein stenosis or occlusion after atrial fibrillation ablation?
Population
19 patients with 25 high-degree symptomatic pulmonary vein stenosis or occlusion following catheter ablation…
Comparison
Balloon angioplasty and implantation of a… vs Balloon angioplasty and implantation of a…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 539 (interquartile range 99-774) days
Authors
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Stenting may provide durable symptom relief in symptomatic PVS/O; leaves open optimal stent choice in prospective trials.
Does balloon angioplasty with large-diameter bare metal stent implantation reduce angiographic stent restenosis compared to coronary drug-eluting stent implantation in patients with symptomatic pulmonary vein stenosis or occlusion after atrial fibrillation ablation?
Large-diameter bare metal stents may be associated with lower rates of long-term angiographic restenosis compared to coronary drug-eluting stents for the treatment of pulmonary vein stenosis or occlusion after atrial fibrillation ablation.
Fink et al. (2017) studied this question.
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