Reperfusion arrhythmias may be a cause of sudden death in acute myocardial infarction. A patient underwent successful coronary artery recanalisation by primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for acute myocardial infarction. In this patient an idioventricular rhythm with a severe haemodynamic effect developed within one minute of deflation of the PTCA balloon. Sinus rhythm...

Particles released in the coronary arteries or a carotid artery during interventions such as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (ptca) can cause complications such as occlusions of small vessels or capillaries, leading to micro embolisations and increasing the risk of the no-reflow phenomenon. The aim is to develop and implement simulated use testing methods and to analyse mechanism...

Despite the increasing use of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and intracoronary stent placement for the treatment of obstructive coronary artery disease, a large subset of coronary lesions cannot be adequately treated with balloon angioplasty and/or intracoronary stenting alone. Such lesions are often heavily calcified or fibrotic and undilatable with the present balloon technolo...

Although it is commonly believed that ischemia does not develop during coronary intervention in patients with rich collateral circulation to the target vessel, ST changes are often observed, the study group comprised 40 consecutive patients who underwent elective percutaneous coronary angioplasty and who had rich collateral vessels to the target lesions. None had side branches in the target ves...