Usefulness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to inhibit restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris
a Department of Cardiology, St. Vincent Charity Hospital, Case Western Reserve University and the University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
b Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Odessa, Texas, USA
Abstract:
The purpose of this trial was to assess whether the addition of hyperbaric oxygen to percutaneous coronary intervention can reduce clinical restenosis. Major adverse cardiac events at 8 months were found in only 1 of 24 patients (4%) who received hyperbaric oxygen compared with 13 of 37 patients (35%) who did not.