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Transcranial Doppler detection of microemboli during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The use of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) to treat coronary artery disease is now commonplace. The occurrence of microemboli during invasive procedures such as cardiac angiography and bypass surgery is well documented, although neurological complications are relatively uncommon. To date, no investigation has been undertaken of the frequency or nature of microemboli occurring during PTCA or of the correlation with aortic atheroma. METHODS:Twenty patients having elective PTCA underwent examination by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) to detect left middle cerebral artery microemboli occurring during the procedure. Blinded off-line analysis correlated microembolic signal counts on TCD with the components of each stage of the PTCA. Patients later underwent transesophageal (TEE) echocardiography, with measurements made of the thickness of the intima and atheroma in the ascending and descending thoracic aortic arch by cardiologists blinded to the TCD results. RESULTS:A total of 973 microembolic signals were detected (mean+/-SD, 48.7+/-36.7 per patient); 196 (20%) occurred on movement of the PTCA catheter and wire around the aortic arch, 84 (9%) with other PTCA catheter-associated movements, and 679 (70%) in association with injection of solutions (eg, saline and contrast). Mean signal counts during contrast injection were significantly greater than during the other 3 phases (P<0.001). No neurological events occurred in the study. Although not statistically significant, there was a trend toward greater microembolic signal counts with the number of times the catheter was passed around the aortic arch and the amount of arch atheroma detected by transesophageal echocardiography. CONCLUSIONS:Microemboli detected on TCD are a common occurrence during PTCA but are largely asymptomatic. The majority of microembolic signals are most probably gaseous in origin and do not appear to be related to the extent of aortic atheroma or to clinical events.

journal_name

Stroke

journal_title

Stroke

authors

Bladin CF,Bingham L,Grigg L,Yapanis AG,Gerraty R,Davis SM

doi

10.1161/01.str.29.11.2367

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-11-01 00:00:00

pages

2367-70

issue

eissn

0039-2499

issn

1524-4628

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Transcranial Doppler detection of microemboli during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.