Atrial coronary artery occlusion during elective percutaneous coronary angioplasty

Autor: Dabit Arzamendi Aizpurua, Antoni Serra Peñaranda, Miquel Vives-Borrás, Jesús Álvarez-García, Andreu Ferrero, Juan Cinca
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 14(5):270-274
ISSN: 1553-8389
DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2013.07.007
Popis: BackgroundAtrial arteries arise from the right and left circumflex coronary arteries and they may be accidentally occluded during percutaneous coronary angioplasty; however, this complication is not well known. The aim of our study was to analyze the incidence and risk factors of accidental atrial branch occlusion (ABO) during elective angioplasty.Methods and MaterialsClinical records and coronary angiography of 200 patients undergoing elective angioplasty were retrospectively analyzed. Atrial branches were identified and in each vessel we measured the luminal diameter, flow grade, and the location of atherosclerotic plaques. Patients were allocated either into the ABO group if atrial branch flow fell from TIMI grades 2–3 to 0–1 after procedure or in the non-ABO group if TIMI flow was preserved.ResultsAtrial branch occlusion occurred in 43 (21.5%) patients. The atrial branch diameter was larger in non-ABO than in ABO group (1.29mm, SD 0.33 versus 0.97mm, SD 0.22, p=
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