Angiographic Follow Up of Percutaneous Revascularization for Transplant Coronary Artery Disease.

Long-Term Results of Angioplasty Vs Stenting in Cardiac Transplant Recipients With Allograft Vasculopathy

“…We have previously reported our short-term results with PTCA. 14 In the present report, we present a single-center experience (97 lesions in 33 transplant patients) with percutaneous re-vascularization, including results of short-and long-term angiographic and clinical follow-up.…”

Transplant coronary artery disease: Incidence, progression and interventional revascularization

“…Several small-scaled trials have evaluated the role of percutaneous coronary interventions as a potential treatment mode for allograft CAD [25][26][27][28]. Koyanagi et al [29] describe restenosis rates after cardiovascular interventions in heart transplant patients to be as high as 67%; however, it should be noted that 91.7% of the PTCA were balloon angioplasties without stent implantation.…”

Do heart transplant recipients need annual coronary angiography?

“…These include bypass surgery, retransplantation, balloon angioplasty and coronary stenting. Unfortunately, these options are limited to selected cases and the long-term benefits of these interventions are not well established [4,5] . Although the primary procedural success rate of percutaneous revascularization techniques is very high, the restenosis rate in this population is almost 50% [5] and the long-term prognosis remains poor despite an improvement in the diameter of epicardial coronary vessels.…”