Excimer laser angioplasty versus balloon angioplasty in functional and total coronary occlusions

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 757-762

  Appelman, Yolande E A ^b   Koolen, Jacques J ^b   Piek, Jan J ^a   Redekop, William K ^b   De Feyter, Pim J ^b   Strikwerda, Sipke ^b   David, George K ^b   Serruys, Patrick W ^b   Tijssen, Jan G P ^b   Van Swijndregt, Eline ^b   Lie, Kong I ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PILOT STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RECURRENCE; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 10644271889     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00416-X     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Grundfest WS, Litvack F, Forrester JS, Goldenberg T, Swan HJC, Morgenstern L, Fishbein M, McDermid IS, Rider DM, Pacala TJ, Laudenslager JB. Laser ablation of human atherosclerotic plaque without adjacent tissue injury. J Am Coll Cardiol 1985;5:929-933.
2. Isner JM, Donaldson RF, Deckelbaum LI, Clarke RH, Laliberte SM, Ucci AA, Salem DN, Konstam MA. The excimer laser: Gross, light microscopic and ultrastructural analysis of potential advantages for use in laser therapy of cardiovascular disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 1985;6:1102-1109.
3. Sartori M, Henry FO, Sauerbrey R, Tittel FK, Weilbaecher D, Roberts R. Tissue interactions and measurement of ablation rates with ultraviolet and visible lasers in canine and human arteries. Lasers Surg Med 1987;7:300-306.
4. Cook SL, Eigler NL, Shefer A, Goldenberg T, Forrester JS, Litvack F. Percutaneous excimer laser coronary angioplasty of lesions not ideal for balloon angioplasty. Circulation 1991;84:632-643.
5. Bittl JA, Sanborn TA, Tcheng JE, Siegel RJ, Ellis SG. Clinical success, complications and restenosis rates with excimer laser coronary angioplasty. The Percutaneous Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty Registry. Am J Cardiol 1992;70:1533-1539.
6. Margolis JR, Metha SM, Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty. Am J Cardiol 1992;69:3-11.
7. Bittl JA, Sanborn TA. Excimer laser-facilitated coronary angioplasty. Relative risk analysis of acuter and follow-up results in 200 patients. Circulation 1992;86:71-80.
8. Strikwerda S, Koolen JJ, de Feyter PJ, Sprangers RLH, Tijssen JGP, Serruys PW. Excimer laser coronary angioplasty in the Netherlands: preamble for a randomized study. Am Heart J 1993;125:838-847.
9. Appelman YEA, Piek JJ, Strikwerda S, Tijssen JGP, de Feyter PJ, David GK, Serruys PW, Margolis JR, Koelemay MJ, Montauban van Swijndregt EWJ, Koolen JJ. Randomised trial of excimer laser angioplasty versus balloon angioplasty for treatment of obstructive coronary artery disease. Lancet 1996;347:79-84.
10. 10.The TIMI Study Group. The Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMl) trial: Phase I findings. N Engl J Med 1985;312:932-936.
11. Stone GW, Rutherford BD, McConahay DR, Johnson WL, Giorgi LV, Ligon RW, Hartzler GO. Procedural outcome of angioplasty for total coronary artery occlusion: an analysis of 971 lesions in 905 patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 1990;15:849-856.
12. Serruys PW, Foley DP, de Feyter PJ, eds. Quantitative coronary angiography in clinical practice. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic, 1994.
13. Campeau L. Grading of angina pectoris. Circulation 1976;54:522-523.
14. Ellis SG, Vandormael MG, Cowley MJ, DiSciascio G, Deligonul U, Topol EJ, Bulle TM, and the Multivessel Angioplasty Prognosis Study Group. Coronary morphologic and clinical determinants of procedural outcome with angioplasty for multivessel coronary disease. Circulation 1990;82:1193-1202.
15. Dorros G, Cowly MJ, Simpson J, Bentivoglio LG, Block PC, Bourassa M, Detre K, Gosselin AJ, Grüntzig AR, Kelsey SF, Kent KM, Mock MB, Mullin SM, Myler RK, Passamani ER, Stertzer SH, Williams DO. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: Report of complicatons from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute PTCA Registry. Circulation 1983;76:723-730.
16. Bell MR, Berger PB, Bresnahan JF, Reeder GS, Bailey KR, Holmes DR Jr. Initial and long-term outcome of 354 patients after coronary balloon angioplasty of total coronary artery occlusions. Circulation 1992;85:1003-1011.
17. Ivanhoe RJ, Wientraub WS, Douglas JS Jr, Lembo NJ, Furman M, Gershony G, Cohen CL, King SP III. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of chronic total occlusions. Primary success, restenosis, and long-term clinical follow-up. Circulation 1992;85:106-115.
18. Litvack F, Eigler N, Margolis J, Rothbaum D, Bresnahan JF, Holmes D, Untereker W, Leon M, Kent K, Pichard A, King S, Ghazzal Z, Cummins F, Krauthamer D, Palacios I, Block P, Hartzler GO, O' Neil W, Cowley M, Roubin G, Klein LW, Frankel PS, Adams C, Goldenberg T, Laudenslager J, Grundfest WS, Forrester JS, for the ELCA investigators. Percutaneous excimer laser coronary angioplasty: results in the first consecutive 3,000 patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 1994;23:323-329.
19. Baumbach A, Oswald H, Kvasnicka J, Fleck E, Geschwind HJ, Özbek C, Reifart N, Bertrand ME, Karsch KR, and the coinvestigators of the European Coronary Excimer Laser Angioplasty Registry. Clinical results of coronary excimer laser angioplasty: report from the European Coronary Excimer Laser Angioplasty Registry. Eur Heart J 1994;15:89-96.
20. Holmes DR Jr, Forrester JS, Litvack F, Reeder GS, Leon MB, Rothbaum DA, Cummins FE, Goldenberg T, Bresnahan JF. Chronic total obstruction and short-term outcome: The excimer laser coronary angioplasty registry experience. Mayo Clin Proc 1993;68:5-10.
21. Buchwald AB, Werner GS, Unterberg C, Voth E, Kreuzer H, Wiegand V. Restenosis after excimer laser angioplasty of coronary stenosis and chronic total occlusions. Am Heart J 1992;123:878-885.
22. Serruys PW, Hamburger J, Fleck E, Koolen J, Teunissen Y. Laser guide wire: a powerful tool in recanalization of chronic total coronary occlusion. Circulation 1995(suppl I);92:0363A.
23. Klein LW, Kramer BL, Howard E, Lesch M. Incidence and clinical significance of transient creatine kinase elevations and the diagnosis of non-Q wave myocardial infarction associated with coronary angioplasty. J Am Coll Cardiol 1991;17:621-626.
24. Kugelmass AD, Cohen J, Moscucci M, Piana RN, Senerchia C, Kuntz RE, Baim DS. Elevation of the creatine kinase myocardial isoform following otherwise successful directional coronary atherectomy and stenting. Am J Cardiol 1994;74:748-754.
25. Honye J, Mahon DJ, Nakamura S, Wallis J, Al-Zarka A, Saito S, Berns M, Tobis JM. Intravascular ultrasound imaging after excimer laser angioplasty. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1994;32:213-222.
26. Van Leeuwen TG, Meertens JH, Velema E, Post MJ, Borst C. Intraluminal vapour bubble induced by excimer laser pulse causes microsecond arterial dilatation and invagination leading to extensive wall damage in the rabbit. Circulation 1993;3:231-241.
27. Mintz GS, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler LF, Popma JJ, Leon MB. Intravascular ultrasound comparison of restenotic and de novo coronary artery narrowings. Am J Cardiol 1994;74:1278-1280.
28. Deckelbaum LI, Natarajan MK, Bittl JA, Rohlfs K, Scott J, Chisholm R, Bowman KA, Strauss BH. for the Percutaneous Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty (PELCA) Investigators. Effect of intracoronary saline infusion on dissection during excimer laser coronary angioplasty: A randomized trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995;26:1264-1269.
29. Appelman YEA, Piek JJ, Verhoofstad GGAM, Gijsbers GHM, van Gemert MJC. Tissue ablation and gas formation of two excimer laser systems: An in vitro evaluation on porcine aorta. Lasers Surg Med 1996; 18:197-205.
30. Haase KK, Baumbach A, Spyridopoulos K, Oberhoff M, Karsch KR. Initial clinical experience with a modified excimer laser for coronary angioplasty. Lasers Med Sci 1994;9:7-15.