2004
Short- and long-term results after multivessel stenting in diabetic patients
Moses J, Mehran R, Dangas G, Kobayashi Y, Lansky A, Mintz G, Aymong E, Fahy M, Stone GW, Leon MB. Short- and long-term results after multivessel stenting in diabetic patients. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2004, 43: 1348-1354. PMID: 15093865, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.04.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryNon-diabetic patientsHospital coronary artery bypass graft surgeryOne-year survivalDiabetic patientsMultivessel stentingOral agentsRevascularization ratesClinical outcomesProcedural successMyocardial infarctionTarget lesion revascularization rateArtery bypass graft surgeryHigh technical success rateDiabetes mellitus statusExcellent procedural successHospital cardiac deathSubsequent revascularization ratesBypass graft surgeryLesion revascularization rateNative coronary lesionsOne-year mortalityTechnical success rateConventional balloon angioplastyAcceptable clinical outcomesMinimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting versus stenting for patients with proximal left anterior descending coronary artery disease
Shirai K, Lansky AJ, Mehran R, Dangas GD, Costantini CO, Fahy M, Slack S, Mintz GS, Stone GW, Leon MB. Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting versus stenting for patients with proximal left anterior descending coronary artery disease. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2004, 93: 959-962. PMID: 15081435, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.12.048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypassInvasive coronary artery bypassLAD stentingCoronary artery diseaseArtery bypassArtery diseaseClinical outcomesAnterior descending (LAD) coronary artery diseaseConventional coronary artery bypassHigher repeat revascularization ratesQ-wave myocardial infarctionHospital event ratesProximal LAD diseaseRepeat revascularization rateShorter hospital staySubgroup of patientsConventional balloon angioplastyIncidence of deathLong-term efficacyLAD revascularizationMIDCAB groupHospital stayLAD diseaseRevascularization ratesVessel revascularization
2003
Acute and long-term outcomes of cutting balloon angioplasty followed by gamma brachytherapy for in-stent restenosis
Kobayashi Y, Mehran R, Mintz GS, Dangas G, Moussa I, Collins M, Brara P, Moussavian M, Lansky AJ, Stone GW, Leon MB, Moses JW, Teirstein PS. Acute and long-term outcomes of cutting balloon angioplasty followed by gamma brachytherapy for in-stent restenosis. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2003, 92: 1329-1331. PMID: 14636914, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.08.018.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
New-Device Angioplasty in Women: Clinical Outcome and Predictors in a 7,372-Patient Registry
Lansky AJ, Mehran R, Dangas G, Desai K, Costantini-Ortiz C, Cristea E, New G, Negoita M, Stone GW, Leon MB. New-Device Angioplasty in Women: Clinical Outcome and Predictors in a 7,372-Patient Registry. Epidemiology 2002, 13: s46-s51. PMID: 12071484, DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200205001-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiac eventsNew device angioplastyClinical outcomesFemale genderHospital mortalityLate mortalityIndependent predictorsMortality rateHospital major adverse cardiac eventsIschemic coronary artery diseaseLong-term clinical outcomesSaphenous vein graft lesionsMultivariable logistic regression analysisDevice-specific outcomesHospital cardiac mortalityLate clinical outcomesAdverse cardiac eventsComorbid risk factorsCongestive heart failureNative coronary arteriesOutcomes of womenVein graft lesionsCoronary artery diseaseReference vessel sizeConventional balloon angioplasty
1998
Final Results of the Balloon vs Optimal Atherectomy Trial (BOAT)
Baim D, Cutlip D, Sharma S, Ho K, Fortuna R, Schreiber T, Feldman R, Shani J, Senerchia C, Zhang Y, Lansky A, Popma J, Kuntz R. Final Results of the Balloon vs Optimal Atherectomy Trial (BOAT). Circulation 1998, 97: 322-331. PMID: 9468205, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.97.4.322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAngiographic restenosisBalloon angioplastyHigh short-term successPrespecified primary end pointLower angiographic restenosisNative vessel lesionsSingle de novoPrimary end pointTarget vessel failureTarget vessel revascularizationResidual diameter stenosisLate clinical eventsConventional balloon angioplastyCreatine kinase-MBLow residual stenosisSignificant reductionHospital complicationsResidual stenosisLesion successMajor complicationsAngiographic restudyDiameter stenosisVessel lesionsClinical eventsLong-term benefits
1996
Angiographic and Clinical Outcome after Cutting Balloon Angioplasty.
Popma J, Lansky A, Purkayastha D, Hall L, Bonan R. Angiographic and Clinical Outcome after Cutting Balloon Angioplasty. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 1996, 8 Suppl A: 12a-19a. PMID: 10785760.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBalloon angioplastyConventional balloon angioplastyResidual stenosisClinical outcomesBalloon useDiameter stenosisArtery ratioNon-complex coronary artery diseaseComplex coronary artery diseaseCutting Balloon AngioplastyReference artery sizeCoronary artery diseaseMinimal lumen diameterCore laboratory analysisPrevention of restenosisAngiographic core laboratory analysisNew device angioplastyHospital complicationsOstial locationAngiographic successArtery diseaseConsecutive patientsArtery sizeSignificant inverse relationshipMorphologic findings