Contemporary Use of Post-Dilatation for Stent Optimization During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Results From the Netherlands Heart Registration.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

Post-dilatation after stenting with a non-compliant (NC) balloon can be used to improve overall percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) result. Due to lack of evidence on the effect of post-dilatation on adverse clinical endpoints there is no consensus whether post-dilatation should be used routinely. The aim of the current study was to determine the contemporary practice of post-dilatation.

Methods

This study included patients from the Netherlands Heart Registration who underwent PCI between the 4th quarter of 2020 and the 3rd quarter of 2021. The primary endpoint was the rate of post-dilatation with a NC balloon. Secondary endpoints included differences in baseline and procedural characteristics of patients that received post-dilatation and patients that did n

SUBMITTER: van Beek KAJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11874260 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature