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A synergistic approach to optimal stenting

Directional coronary atherectomy prior to coronary artery stent implantation—the AtheroLink registry

Hans-Wilhelm Höpp, MD^*, Frank Michael Baer, MD^*, Cem Özbek, MD, Karl Heinz Kuck, MD, Bruno Scheller, MD for the AtheroLink Study Group

^* Klinik III für Innere Medizin der Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany
Universitätskliniken des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Homburg, Germany
Allgemeines Krankenhaus St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany

View larger version (28K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Flowchart characterizing the study population, observation periods and related clinical complications, frequency of restenosis and need of target lesion revascularization.

View larger version (81K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 (Left panel) Baseline angiogram of the right coronary artery showing a lesion in the pars descendens of the vessel. (Middle left panel) Post-DCA angiogram showing a slight caliber reduction in the lesion area. (Middle right panel) Post-STENT angiogram. (Right panel) Coronary angiogram at five-month follow-up.