There is controversy regarding the application of angioplasty to patients with multivessel disease in whom all significant stenoses are not dilated. We analyzed the outcomes of 286 patients with multivessel disease and prior successful angioplasty at a mean follow-up duration of 26.2 months. End points analyzed included death, myocardial infarction, late revascularization, and angina pectoris. ...

The histopathological appearances of seven coronary arteries obtained from four patients after repeated percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty were analysed. A complex picture was found; typically there were ruptured atherosclerotic plaques, plaque dissection, and a fibrous tissue response. The histopathological appearance of older and more recent fibrous lesions was different. Older le...

BACKGROUND Complications of haemodialysis vascular access have emerged as a major cause of patient morbidity. Intravascular ultrasound imaging is a new technical modality providing visualization of the vessel lumen and wall structure in a cross-sectional fashion. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty has long been used in the treatment of stenoses of arteriovenous fistulae. However, there is no...