In-hospital and long-term results of stent deployment compared with balloon angioplasty for treatment of narrowing at the saphenous vein graft distal anastomosis site
Gruberg L, Hong M, Mehran R, Mintz G, Kornowski R, Lansky A, Kent K, Pichard A, Satler L, Dangas G, Wu H, Stone G, Leon M. In-hospital and long-term results of stent deployment compared with balloon angioplasty for treatment of narrowing at the saphenous vein graft distal anastomosis site. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1999, 84: 1381-1384. PMID: 10606108, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00580-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSaphenous vein graftsDistal anastomosis siteLong-term outcomesBalloon angioplastyAnastomosis siteQ-wave myocardial infarction rateStent deploymentBalloon angioplasty groupMajor ischemic complicationsBaseline clinical characteristicsTarget lesion revascularizationMyocardial infarction rateProcedural success rateLower restenosis rateLong-term resultsRole of stentsHigh rateAngioplasty groupLesion revascularizationHospital outcomesInfarction rateIschemic complicationsPercutaneous revascularizationRepeat revascularizationClinical characteristics