Elastic recoil, dissection and restenosis in patients treated by coronary balloon angioplasty

Abstract

The topic of this thesis is early and late luminal narrowing after percutaneous transluminal coronary balloon angioplasty as assessed by quantitative angiography, and the role of two possible risk factors: elastic recoil and dissection. In Chapter 2, an review is given of the pharmacological agents that have been tested in the animal model and postangioplasty patients. In Chapter 3 and 4, the methodological problems in the assessment of elastic recoil, stretch and balloon-artery ratio and the role of e