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To assess the acute procedural safety, efficacy, and 6-month clinical and angiographic outcomes of cutting balloon angioplasty in complex coronary artery lesions.

February 1, 2003Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Clinical and Angiographic Outcome after Cutting Balloon Angioplasty

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JAJohann AuerInterventional Cardiology EME. MaurerSanta Clara University RBRobert BerentKlinikum Wels-Grieskirchen

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Multicenter cohort study demonstrates high procedural success with cutting balloon angioplasty in complex coronary artery disease, indicating its safety and efficacy for in-stent restenosis.

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To assess the acute procedural safety, efficacy, and 6-month clinical and angiographic outcomes of cutting balloon angioplasty in complex coronary artery lesions.
Multicenter cohort study analyzing 147 patients (mean age 67.3 ± 10 years; 109 men, 38 women) treated across eight interventional centers in Austria.
Evaluated target lesions consisting of in-stent restenosis (61%), post-balloon stenosis (8%), and native coronary lesions (33%) treated with stand-alone or combined cutting balloon angioplasty.
Tracked acute procedural complications alongside 6-month clinical and angiographic follow-up for adverse cardiac events and target lesion restenosis.
Procedural success was achieved in 90.5% of patients, with acute coronary complications observed in 5.4% (coronary dissection in 4.7% and urgent bypass surgery in 0.7%), with zero procedural deaths or vessel occlusions.
At 6-month clinical follow-up, Q-wave myocardial infarction occurred in 2.7%, bypass surgery in 8.5%, and repeated percutaneous coronary intervention in 17% of patients.
Six-month angiographic assessment in patients with recurrent angina revealed target lesion restenosis (>50% diameter stenosis) in 14% and non-target lesion progression in 14%.

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Auer et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aaba461083100ccc151efff https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1540-8183.2003.08010.x

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Multicenter cohort study demonstrates high procedural success with cutting balloon angioplasty in complex coronary artery disease, indicating its safety and efficacy for in-stent restenosis.

Clinical and Angiographic Outcome after Cutting Balloon Angioplasty

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