Short- and Long-Term Outcomes After Stent-Assisted Percutaneous Treatment of Saphenous Vein Grafts in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era
Pucelikova T, Mehran R, Kirtane AJ, Kim YH, Fahy M, Weisz G, Lansky AJ, Moussa I, Gray WA, Collins MB, Kodali SK, Stone GW, Moses JW, Leon MB, Dangas G. Short- and Long-Term Outcomes After Stent-Assisted Percutaneous Treatment of Saphenous Vein Grafts in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2007, 101: 63-68. PMID: 18157967, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.07.048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery BypassFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGraft Occlusion, VascularHumansMaleMultivariate AnalysisMyocardial InfarctionMyocardiumNecrosisPaclitaxelProspective StudiesProsthesis DesignRegistriesRetreatmentSaphenous VeinSirolimusStentsThrombosisConceptsMajor adverse cardiac eventsAdverse cardiac eventsPercutaneous coronary interventionDrug-eluting stentsSVG lesionsVessel revascularizationCardiac eventsCoronary interventionPercutaneous treatmentMyocardial infarctionStent-assisted percutaneous coronary interventionSaphenous vein graft lesionsNative vessel diseasePeriprocedural myocardial necrosisTarget lesion revascularizationTarget vessel revascularizationSaphenous vein graftsVein graft lesionsPresence of thrombusEmbolic protection devicesHigh-risk subgroupsLong-term outcomesContemporary clinical practiceLesion revascularizationStent thromboses