Transmyocardial laser revascularization. Personal experience

Sansone, Fabrizio and Actis Dato, Guglielmo Mario and Zingarelli, Edoardo and Punta, Giuseppe and Parisi, Francesco and Forsennati, Pier Giuseppe and Flocco, Roberto and Bardi, G.L. and Del Ponte, Stefano and Casabona, Riccardo (2011) Transmyocardial laser revascularization. Personal experience. Il giornale di chirurgia, 32 (11/12). pp. 464-466. ISSN 1971-145X

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Abstract

Background. Indirect revascularization is a therapeutic approach in case of severe angina not suitable for percutaneous or surgical revascularization. Transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) is one of the techniques used for indirect revascularization and it allows to create transmyocardial channels by a laser energy bundle delivered on left ventricular epicardial surface. Benefits of the procedure are related mainly to the angiogenesis caused by inflammation and secondly to the destruction of the nervous fibers of the heart. Patients and method. From September 1996 up to July 1997, 14 patients (9 males – 66.7%, mean age 64.8±7.9 years) underwent TMR. All patients referred angina at rest; Canadian Angina Class was IV in 7 patients (58.3%), III in 5 (41.7%). Before the enrollment, coronarography was routinely performed to find out the feasibility of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG): 13 patients (91,6%) had coronary arteries lesions not suitable for direct revascularization; this condition was limited only to postero-lateral area in one patient submitted to combined TMR + CABG procedures. Results. Mean discharge time was 3,2±1,3 days after surgery. All patients were discharged in good clinical conditions. Perfusion thallium scintigraphy was performed in 7 patients at a mean follow-up of 4±2 months, showing in all but one an improvement of perfusion defects. Moreover an exercise treadmill improvement was observed in the same patients and all of them are in good clinical conditions, with significantly reduced use of active drugs. Conclusion. Our experience confirms that TMR is a safe and feasible procedure and it offers a therapeutic solution in case of untreatable angina. Moreover, it could be a hybrid approach for patients undergoing CABGs in case of absence of vessels suitable for surgical approach in limited areas of the heart.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Ischemic cardiomyopathy - Transmyocardial laser revascularization
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 617 Rami vari della medicina; Chirurgia
Depositing User:	Nadia Del Gobbo
Date Deposited:	15 Jun 2016 14:40
Last Modified:	15 Jun 2016 14:40
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/7775

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