Treatment of focal in-stent restenosis with balloon angioplasty alone versus stenting: Short- and long-term results
Mehran R, Dangas G, Abizaid A, Lansky A, Mintz G, Pichard A, Satler L, Kent K, Waksman R, Stone G, Leon M. Treatment of focal in-stent restenosis with balloon angioplasty alone versus stenting: Short- and long-term results. American Heart Journal 2001, 141: 610-614. PMID: 11275928, DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.113998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyMinimal lumen diameterLong-term clinical resultsFocal ISRStent groupClinical resultsStent restenosisLarger reference vessel diameterLesion lengthLesion revascularization rateTarget lesion revascularizationReference vessel diameterResidual diameter stenosisTransluminal coronary angioplastyLong-term resultsQ-wave infarctionPTCA groupUrgent revascularizationAngiographic successLesion revascularizationRevascularization ratesAdditional stentingBaseline characteristicsCoronary angioplastyDiabetic patients