2001
Are we making progress with percutaneous saphenous vein graft treatment? A comparison of 1990 to 1994 and 1995 to 1998 results
Hong M, Mehran R, Dangas G, Mintz G, Lansky A, Kent K, Pichard A, Satler L, Stone G, Leon M. Are we making progress with percutaneous saphenous vein graft treatment? A comparison of 1990 to 1994 and 1995 to 1998 results. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2001, 38: 150-154. PMID: 11451265, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01324-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate cardiac eventsSVG lesionsCardiac eventsDistal embolizationStent useSaphenous vein graft angioplastyUnfavorable lesion characteristicsVein graft angioplastyOne-year outcomesProcedural success rateHigh procedural successHigh-risk lesionsGraft angioplastySVG angioplastyLate mortalityRepeat revascularizationBaseline characteristicsProcedural successRisk lesionsFavorable outcomeLesion characteristicsGraft treatmentMultivariate analysisAngioplastyLesions
2000
Comparison of debulking followed by stenting versus stenting alone for saphenous vein graft aortoostial lesions: immediate and one-year clinical outcomes
Ahmed J, Hong M, Mehran R, Mintz G, Lansky A, Pichard A, Satler L, Kent K, Wu H, Stone G, Leon M. Comparison of debulking followed by stenting versus stenting alone for saphenous vein graft aortoostial lesions: immediate and one-year clinical outcomes. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2000, 35: 1560-1568. PMID: 10807461, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00592-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOne-year clinical outcomesLumen cross-sectional areaLate clinical outcomesClinical outcomesStent implantationProcedural successRestenotic lesionsIntravascular ultrasoundCross-sectional areaOverall cardiac event-free survivalCardiac event-free survivalLate cardiac eventsEvent-free survivalOverall procedural successCox regression analysisComplex lesion subsetsPalmaz-Schatz stentsLesion revascularizationCardiac eventsMost patientsConsecutive patientsIndependent predictorsProcedural complicationsLesion subsetsMyocardial infarction