Stent implantation and optical frequency domain imaging with carbon dioxide for chronic total occlusion in the superficial femoral artery

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 362-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiro Nakamura ◽  
Kazuki Noda ◽  
Sota Nakajima ◽  
Hideaki Endo ◽  
Tohru Takahashi ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 2050313X2090782
Author(s):  
Norihiro Kobayashi ◽  
Keisuke Hirano ◽  
Masahiro Yamawaki ◽  
Motoharu Araki ◽  
Tsuyoshi Sakai ◽  
...  

A 63 year-old woman with claudication underwent endovascular therapy for diffuse stenosis of the right superficial femoral artery in our hospital. We performed paclitaxel-coated balloon angioplasty using the IN.PACT™ Admiral™ and achieved acceptable results. After 42 days, we performed follow-up optical frequency domain imaging for the right superficial femoral artery lesion treated with paclitaxel-coated balloon and observed several high-intensity regions with attenuation on the lumen surface. Sustained drug availability is a notable characteristic of paclitaxel-coated balloon. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the visualization of sustained drug retention on the lumen surface using follow-up optical frequency domain imaging after paclitaxel-coated balloon angioplasty in a human patient with superficial femoral artery disease.


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