Histologic Comparison of Vibrating Guidewire with Conventional Guidewire Technique in an Experimental Coronary In Vivo Model

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 454-458

  Katsouras, Christos S ^a   Michalis, Lampros K ^a   Malamou Mitsi, Vassiliki D ^a   Niokou, Demetra ^b   Giogiakas, Vassilios ^a   Nikas, Dimitrios ^a   Massouras, Gerasimos ^a   Dallas, Pavlos ^a   Tsetis, Dimitrios K ^c   Sideris, Dimitris A ^a   Rees, Michael R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial trauma; Coronary angioplasty; Coronary guidewires

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUOROSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INJURY SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 10744230379     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-003-2667-0     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Rees MR, Michalis LK (1995) Activated guidewire technique for treating chronic coronary artery occlusion. Lancet 346:943-944
2. Rees MR, Michalis LK, Pappa EC, Loukas S, Goudevenos JA, Sideris DA (1999) The use of soft and flexible guidewires in the treatment of chronic total coronary occlusions by activated guidewire angioplasty. Br J Radiol 72:162-167
3. Directive CEE 86/609. J Officiel Communautés Européennes, Dec 18, 1986; L358:1-28
4. Voda J (1987) Angled tip of the steerable guidewire and its usefulness in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 13:204-210
5. Bolia A, Sayers RD, Thompson MM, Bell PR (1994) Subintimal and intraluminal recanalisation of occluded crural arteries by percutaneous balloon angioplasty. Eur J Vasc Surg 8:214-219
6. Farb A, Banks AK, Rabinowitz M, Fistel S, Virmani R (1991) Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty guide-wire induced coronary artery dissection without balloon inflation. Hum Pathol 22:97-98
7. Schweiger MJ, Meeran MK, Gianelly RE (1984) Distal coronary artery injury following successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 10:183-188
8. McDermott EA (1987) Coronary angioplasty guidewire technology. Z Kardiol 76(Suppl 6):29-32
9. Rees MR, Gehani AA, Ashley S, Davies A (1989) Percutaneous video angioscopy. Clin Radiol 40:347-351
10. McAuley BJ, Oesterle S, Simpson JB (1984) Advances in guidewire technology. Am J Cardiol 53:94C-96C
11. Michalis LK, Rees MR, Davis JA, et al. (2000) Vibrational angioplasty and hydrophilic guidewires in the treatment of chronic total coronary occlusions. J Endovasc Ther 7:141-145
12. Rees MR, Coates W, Faxon D (1997) Use of vibrational angioplasty in a peripheral atherosclerotic model. Br J Radiol (Suppl)70:S81
13. Gray DF, Sivananthan UM, Verma SP, Michalis LK, Rees MR (1993) Balloon angioplasty of totally and subtotally occluded coronary arteries: Results using the Hydrophilic Terumo Radiofocus Guidewire M. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 30:293-299
14. Takahashi M, Ikeda U, Sekiguchi H, Fujikawa H, Shimada K, Ri T (1996) Guidewire induced coronary artery spasm during percutaneous coronary angioplasty. Angiology 47:305-309
15. Ogino H, Miki S, Ueda Y, Tahata T, Morioka K, Sakai T (1995) A rare case of coronary artery perforation by a PTCA guide wire complicated with postinfarction cardiac rupture after thrombolytic therapy. Nippon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi 43:1151-1154
16. Tamura M, Oda H, Miida T, Sato H, Higuma N, Toeda T (1993) Coronary perforation to the left ventricular cavity by a guide wire during coronary angioplasty. Jpn Heart J 34:633-637