Laser angioplasty could be successful in treatment of in-stent restenosis
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Excimer laser angioplasty may be effective in treating in-stent restenosis, despite previous studies which found it was no better than percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The success of the technique may depend on a critical selection of the type of patients treated and the technique used, lead researcher Dr Ralf Koster of University Hospital Eppendorf, in Hamburg, Germany, reports in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (July).