Abstract: Endovascular methods of treatment for coronary heart disease are of considerable current use. Stenting of coronary arteries is the most widely used intervention in management of coronary heart disease. Present-day models of coronary stents make it possible to selectively perform direct stenting in certain roentgenomorphology of the lesion concerned. The authors analysed the outcomes of direct and conventional stenting of coronary arteries in 74 patients presenting with coronary heart disease. No differences as to the mortality rate were observed between the groups. The group of direct stenting demonstrated lower percentage of ischemic events: myocardial infarction on the background of acute or subacute thrombosis of the stent (1 - in the direct-stenting group, 3 - in the conventional-stenting group), transitory myocardial ischaemia (1 case in the direct-stenting group, 3 cases in the conventional-stenting group). Of the angiographic peculiarities, dissection complicated a total of three procedures of traditional stenting, and did not occur in the direct-stenting group. The no-reflow syndrome was noted to have developed in one case in the stenting group with predilatation. Of the technical peculiarities in the direct-stenting group, we observed a statistically reliable decrease in the average duration of the intervention by 11,76 minutes (P = 0,039), that of roentgenoscopy by 5,91 minutes (P = 0,027), a decrease in the average consumption of the radiopaque medium by 68,36 ml (P < 0,01), and a decrease in the average expenditure of coronary balloon catheters by 0,59 pc. (P < 0,001). Hence, the method of direct stenting of coronary arteries turned out to offer advantages over the conventional-stenting technique with predilatation in the clinical, angiographic and economic aspects, provided a careful selection of patients is performed. Reference 1. Фуфаев Е.Н. К вопросу о методике клинико-социальных исследований по изучению потребности в кардиохирургической помощи. Качественная Клиническая Практика. 2003; (31) 2: 13-108. 2. Бокерия Л.А., Гудкова Р.М. Сердечно-сосудистая хирургия - 2004. Болезни и врожденные аномалии системы кровообращения. М., НЦССХ им. А.Н. Бакулева РАМН. 2005; 118. 3. Rogers С, Parikh S., Seifert P. Edelman E. Endogenous cell seeding. Remnant endothelium after stenting enhances vascular repair. Circulation. 1996; (94).2909-2914. 4. Villegas B., Morice M.C., Hernandez S. et al. Triple Vessel Stenting for Triple Vessel Coronary Disease. The Journal of Invasive Cardiology. 2002; (14): 1-5. 5. Chauhan A., Vu E., Ricci D.R., et al. Early and intermediate term clinical outcome after multiple coronary stenting. Heart. 1998; (79): 29-33. 6. Kastrati A., Hall D., SchЪmig A. Long-term outcome after coronary stenting. Curr. Control Trials Cardiovasc Med. 2000; (1): 48-54. 7. La Manna A., Di Mario C. Therapeutic Strategies in Multiple Vessel Coronary Artery Disease. E-Journal of European Society of Cardiology. 2005; (29): 17-23. 8. Triantis G.S., Tolis V.A., Michalis L.K. Direct Implantation of Intracoronary Stents. Hellenic J. Cardiol. 2002; (43): 156-160. 9. Weaver W.D., Reisman M.A., Griffin J.J., et al., for the OPUS-1 Investigators. Optimum percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty compared with routine stent strategy trial (OPUS-1): a randomised trial. Lancet. 2000; (355): 203-219. 10. Schuhlen H., Kastrati A., Dirschinger J. Intracoronary Stenting and Risk for Major Adverse Cardiac Events During the First Month. Circulation. 1998; (98): 104-111.
