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Proximal Optimization Technique ; Coronary Vessels ; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ; Drug-Eluting Stents

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Coronary Vessels ; Diagnosis

Cardiac Catheterization ; standards ; Humans ; Quality Assurance, Health Care ; standards

Objectives To assess the impact on stent implantation rate and mid-term outcomes of prolonged high pressure angioplasty of femoropopliteal lesions. Methods We retrospectively enrolled 620 consecutive patients from January 2011 to December 2011 (75.6 ±12.3 years, 355 males, 76.5%in Rutherford class 5-6), referred for critical limb ischemia and submitted to prolonged high-pressure angioplasty of femoropopliteal lesions. The definition of prolonged high-pressure angioplasty includes dilation to at least 18 atm for at least 120 s. Proce-dural data, and clinical and instrumental follow-up were analyzed to assess stent implantation rate and mid-term outcomes. Results The preferred approach was ipsilateral femoral antegrade in 433/620 patients (69.7%) and contralateral cross-over in 164/620 (26.4%) and pop-liteal retrograde+femoral antegrade in 23/620 (3.7%). Techniques included subintimal angioplasty in 427/620 patients (68.8%) and endolu-minal angioplasty in 193/620 patients (31.2%). The prolonged high pressure balloon angioplasty procedure was successful in 86.2%(minor intra-procedural complications rate 15.7%), stent implantation was performed in 74 patients (11.9%), with a significant improvement of ankle-brachial index (0.29 ±0.6 vs. 0.88 ±0.3, P<00.1) and Rutherford class (5.3 ±0.8 vs. 0.7 ±1.9, P<0.01), a primary patency rate of 86.7%, restenosis of 18.6%on Doppler ultrasound and a target lesion revascularization of 14.8%at a mean follow-up of 18.1 ±6.4 months (range 1-24 months). Secondary patency rate was 87.7%. Conclusions Prolonged high pressure angioplasty of femoropopliteal lesions appears to be safe and effective allowing for an acceptable patency and restenosis rates on mid-term.

Arteries ; physiopathology ; surgery ; Atherosclerosis ; diagnostic imaging ; physiopathology ; surgery ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Radiography

Background To investigate the long-term results of global coronary and peripheral interventional treatment of diabetic foot patients.Methods We retrospectively included 220 diabetic patients (78.5±15.8 years,107 females,all with Fontaine III or IV class) who were referred to our centre for diabetic foot syndrome and severe limb ischemia from January 2006 to December 2010.Patients were evaluated by a team of interventional cardiologists and diabetologists in order to assess presence of concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD) and eventual need for coronary revascularization. Stress-echo was performed in all patients before diagnostic peripheral angiography. Patients with indications for coronary angiography were submitted to combined diagnostic angiography and then to eventual staged peripheral and coronary interventions.Doppler ultrasonography and foot transcutaneous oximetry of transcutaneous oxygen pressure (TcPO2) before and after the procedure were performed as well as stressechocardiography and combined cardiologic and diabetic examination at 1 and 6 month and yearly.Results Stress-echocardiography was performed in 94/220 patients and resulted positive in 56 patients who underwent combined coronary and peripheral angiography.In the rest of 126 patients,combined coronary and peripheral angiography was performed directly for concomitant signs and symptoms of coronary heart disease in 35 patients.Coronary revascularization was judged necessary in 85/129 patients and was performed percutaneously after peripheral interventions in 72 patients and surgically in 13 patients.For Diabetic foot interventions the preferred approach was ipsilateral femoral antegrade in 170/220 patients (77.7%) and contralateral cross-over in 40/220 patients (18.8%) and popliteal retrograde+femoral antegrade in 10/220 patients (4.5%).Balloon angioplasty was performed in 252 legs (32 patients had bilateral disease):the procedure was successful in 239/252 legs with an immediate success rate of 94.8% and a significant improvement in TcP02 and ABI with ulcer healing in 233/252 legs (92.4%).Freedom from major amputation was 82.8% at a mean follow-up of 3.1±1.8 years (range 1 to 5 years) whereas survival was 88%.Conclusions Global coronary and peripheral endovascular management of diabetic foot syndrome patients seems to lead to an high immediate success and limb salvage rates and increasing survival compared to historical series.

Drug-coated balloon has been developed as an alternative to drug-eluting stents for in-stent restenosis but the performance of drug infusion balloon in such setting has not been previously described. We present a case of particularly aggressive in-stem restenosis after drug eluting stent implantation treated with a new kind of drug infusion balloon developed in order to overcome the impossibility to inflate regular drug-coated balloon for several dilatation.