Balloon Deflation Strategy during Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial and Numerical Simulation-Based Analysis.

Conclusion: This randomized study demonstrated that the slow balloon deflation during stent implantation improved coronary flow and reduced infarct size in reperfused STEMI. The change of flow in the balloon-vessel gap and WSS resulted from different balloon deflation velocity might be partly accounted for this results.
PMID: 32963824 [PubMed]

Source: Cardiology Research and Practice - September 25, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Gu J, Zhuo Y, Liu TJ, Li J, Yin ZF, Xu ZJ, Fan L, He Q, Chen K, Zeng HS, Wang XF, Fan YQ, Zhang JF, Liang FY, Wang CQ Tags: Cardiol Res Pract Source Type: research