Treatment of a coronary bifurcation lesion with drug-coated balloons: lumen enlargement and plaque modification after 6 months

Clin Res Cardiol. 2013 Jun;102(6):469-72. doi: 10.1007/s00392-013-0556-3. Epub 2013 Mar 20.

Abstract

We report a male with a coronary bifurcation lesion in the mid circumflex artery (CX). After predilatation, the lesion was treated with two drug-coated balloons (DCB). Primary success in the posterolateral branch was good; however the CX lesion had a residual stenosis including a non-flow-limiting type A dissection. After 6 months, angiography showed slight lumen enlargement in both branches of the bifurcation. Intravascular ultrasound identified about 35 % atherosclerotic plaque load within the inner area of the bifurcation but more than 50 % concentric atherosclerotic plaque burden in the vessel areas proximal and distal to the DCB-treated area.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Artery Disease / pathology
  • Coronary Artery Disease / therapy*
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Stenosis / pathology
  • Coronary Stenosis / therapy
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Plaque, Atherosclerotic / diagnostic imaging
  • Plaque, Atherosclerotic / pathology
  • Plaque, Atherosclerotic / therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography