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Interventional Diagnostic Procedure: A Practical Guide for the Assessment of Coronary Vascular Function
Published on: March 15, 2022
Angiographic outcome in multivessel disease (GABI II study) using new coronary device interventions and comparison
Ulrich Dietz1, Stephan Baldus, Hans-Jürgen Rupprecht
1German Clinic for Diagnostic, Wiesbaden, Germany. dietz.kardio@dkd-wiesbaden.de
Abstract:
Percutaneous coronary interventions using stents were investigated in patients with multivessel disease. Acute and long-term results were compared with those of the German Angioplasty Bypass Surgery Investigation trial in a prospective multicenter study. The study included 134 patients in whom 277 lesions were treated. Angiographic success and procedural success were achieved in 268 of 277 lesions (97%) and 118 of 134 patients (88%), respectively. Control angiography performed in 90 of 118 eligible patients (76%) exhibited restenosis in 43 of 182 lesions (24%). Multivariate regression analysis found that a diffuse lesion, the lesion and stent length, and the final luminal diameter were predictive for restenosis. Thus, immediate and long-term results of multivessel coronary intervention utilizing stents were improved compared to percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of multivessel lesions. However, there is still need for improvement of long-term results, especially in particular lesion subgroups.
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