Drug-coated balloon angioplasty for coronary chronic total occlusions. An OCT analysis for a "new" intriguing strategy

Bernardo Cortese; Dario Buccheri; Davide Piraino; Pedro Silva-Orrego

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.102

Drug-coated balloon angioplasty for coronary chronic total occlusions. An OCT analysis for a "new" intriguing strategy

Int J Cardiol. 2015:189:257-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.102. Epub 2015 Apr 16.

Authors

Bernardo Cortese¹, Dario Buccheri², Davide Piraino², Pedro Silva-Orrego³

Affiliations

¹ Interventional Cardiology, A.O. Fatebenefratelli, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Interventional Cardiology, A.O. Fatebenefratelli, Milano, Italy; Interventional Cardiology, A.O.U.P. Paolo Giaccone, Palermo, Italy.
³ Interventional Cardiology, A.O. Fatebenefratelli, Milano, Italy.

PMID: 25910592
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.102

No abstract available

Keywords: Chronic total occlusion (CTO); Drug-coated balloon (DCB); Drug-eluting stent (DES); Dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT); Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods*
Chronic Disease
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Circulation / physiology
Coronary Occlusion / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Occlusion / physiopathology
Coronary Occlusion / therapy*
Drug-Eluting Stents*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Patency / physiology