Intracoronary beta radiation for in-stent restenosis in a patient with percutaneously treated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease

J Invasive Cardiol. 2002 Dec;14(12):751-5.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is not uncommon in elderly patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. These disease entities are increasingly being treated with catheter-based techniques. We report an elderly symptomatic woman treated simultaneously with coronary angioplasty, stenting and transcoronary ablation of septal hypertrophy who developed in-stent restenosis 7 months later, and was then treated with brachytherapy. Six-month and 1-year post-brachytherapy follow-up revealed a good angiographic result and adequate symptomatic relief. This is the first report describing the feasibility and efficacy of intracoronary beta radiation in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / adverse effects*
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods
  • Brachytherapy / methods*
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / complications
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / therapy*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Restenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Restenosis / radiotherapy*
  • Coronary Stenosis / complications
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Coronary Stenosis / therapy*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Stents / adverse effects*
  • Treatment Outcome