Two-year Optical Coherence Tomography Findings after Balloon-Only Treatment of Bioresorbable Scaffold Restenosis in a Calcified Coronary Lesion: A Case Report. Issue 2 (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Allali, Abdelhakim; Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed; Richardt, Gert
• Is Part Of: Cardiology and therapy. Volume 5:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 223
• Page End: 228
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: Bioresorbable vascular scaffold -- Calcified coronary lesions -- Drug eluting balloon -- Rotational atherectomy -- Scoring balloon; Cardiology -- Periodicals; Heart -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Heart -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Periodicals; Cardiovascular Diseases -- Periodicals; 616.12005
• DOI: 10.1007/s40119-016-0068-0
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2193-8261

Abstract

Abstract We report a case of a 65-year-old female patient treated with an everolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) after rotational atherectomy of a severely calcified lesion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. The implanted BRS restenosed 10 months after implantation and was treated with a scoring balloon followed by drug-eluting balloons with good immediate and long-term results. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a balloon-only treatment of a restenosis occurring more than 6 months after BRS implantation; angiographic and optical coherence tomography images after treatment and at two-year follow-up are presented.