Immediate and long-term results of the splinting for acute closure trial.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-1996
Abstract
The ability of coronary splinting to salvage acute coronary occlusion was prospectively studied in 22 patients whose coronary occlusion was refractory to a 15-min balloon dilatation. Splinting was successful in 20 patients (91%). One patient required emergency bypass surgery, and one patient was treated medically for continued coronary occlusion. There was no late ischemic events. The peak CK was 1081 +/- 733 U/L and 1,451 +/- 1,646 U/L for the study and control patients (P = NS). The peak CK-MB was 110 +/- 102 mg/dl and 78 +/- 84 mg/dl, respectively (P = NS). There were no differences in electrocardiographic changes or Q-wave myocardial infarction between the groups. At 6-month follow-up, one patient required coronary artery bypass graft surgery. There were no late myocardial infarctions or deaths.
Volume
38
Issue
4
First Page
341
Last Page
344
ISSN
0098-6569
Published In/Presented At
Little, T., Majcher, G., Doorey, A., Nguen, M., Cassel, J., Snyder, J., Smith, S., Scoblionko, D., Singh, S., & Aboulmagd, A. (1996). Immediate and long-term results of the splinting for acute closure trial. Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 38(4), 341–344. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199608)38:4<341::AID-CCD2>3.0.CO;2-7
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
8853138
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article