Agostoni Pierfrancesco, Verheye Stefan, Vermeersch Paul, Cornelis Kristoff, Van Langenhove Glenn
Int J Cardiol. 2009 Apr 3;133(2):e67-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.11.018. Epub 2008 Feb 21.
"StentBoost" is a new angiographic technique that allows improved angiographic visualization of stents deployed in coronary arteries, by enhancing the X-ray focus of the region where the stent is placed. Using this technique we were able to assess the deformation and the expansion of a stent deployed to treat a bifurcation lesion between the mid-left anterior descending (LAD) artery and a big second diagonal branch, during sequential inflations of: (1) the stent per se in the LAD, (2) the ostium of the diagonal branch through the stent struts, (3) the stent again with a non compliant balloon, and (4) both branches with the kissing balloon technique. "StentBoost" guided our clinical and angiographic decision-making process and allowed us to create a "virtual" bench test of the stent deployed at the level of the bifurcation treated.
“支架增强”是一种新的血管造影技术，通过增强放置支架区域的X射线聚焦，可改善冠状动脉中已植入支架的血管造影可视化效果。利用该技术，我们能够在以下顺序充盈过程中评估用于治疗左前降支（LAD）中段与粗大第二对角支之间分叉病变的支架的变形和扩张情况：（1）LAD中的支架本身；（2）通过支架支柱的对角支开口；（3）使用非顺应性球囊再次充盈支架；（4）采用双球囊对吻技术充盈两个分支。“支架增强”指导了我们的临床和血管造影决策过程，并使我们能够对治疗分叉处植入的支架进行“虚拟”台架测试。
