Balloon-expandable stent treatment of experimental coarctation of the aorta: early hemodynamic and pathological evaluation.
Balloon-expandable stent treatment of experimental coarctation of the aorta: early hemodynamic and pathological evaluation.
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球囊扩张支架治疗实验性主动脉缩窄:早期血流动力学和病理学评估。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1540-8183.1993.tb00843.x
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
F. Lupinetti
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作者:
R. Beekman;D. Muller;P. Reynolds;C. Moorehead;K. Heidelberger;F. Lupinetti
The present study was intended to evaluate the acute and short-term hemodynamic, angiographic, and pathological response to balloon-expandable stent treatment of experimental coarctation of the aorta. A discrete thoracic coarctation was surgically created in six mongrel dogs (two adults, four puppies). Two months postoperatively all six dogs (8.9-30 kg) underwent left heart catheterization and coarctation stenting performed through a femoral artery cutdown. A Palmaz PS-30 stent was advanced to the coarctation through a 10 French sheath, and expanded with an angioplasty balloon chosen to equal the diameter of the proximal aorta (9-12 mm). Stent implantation was successful in each dog. The systolic pressure gradient decreased from 26.3 +/- 9.1 mmHg (mean +/- SE) to 0.5 +/- 0.5 mmHg (P = 0.04), and the coarctation diameter improved from 50 +/- 6% to 82 +/- 6% of the diameter of the proximal descending aorta (P less than 0.01). Follow-up catheterization 4-7 weeks after stenting documented no stent migration, early restenosis, thrombosis, obstruction of arterial side branches, or aneurysm formation. Pathological evaluation of the explanted segments of stented aorta documented that by 6-7 weeks the stents are covered by a neointima composed of intimal proliferation and fibrosis with an endothelial cell surface. These data suggest that balloon-expandable stainless steel stents provide excellent acute and short-term relief of coarctation in this experimental model. Larger and longer-term studies are needed to better assess the incidence of restenosis or aneurysm formation following stenting of coarctation of the aorta.