Procedural results and late clinical outcomes after percutaneous interventions using long (≥25 mm) versus short (<20 mm) stents
Kornowski R, Bhargava B, Fuchs D, Lansky A, Satler L, Pichard A, Hong M, Kent K, Mehran R, Stone G, Leon M. Procedural results and late clinical outcomes after percutaneous interventions using long (≥25 mm) versus short (<20 mm) stents. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2000, 35: 612-618. PMID: 10716462, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00580-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort stent groupsPeriprocedural non-Q-wave myocardial infarctionNon-Q-wave myocardial infarctionCardiac event-free survivalEvent-free survivalMyocardial infarctionClinical outcomesProcedural successStent groupShort stentsHospital complicationsLesion revascularizationLong stentsOverall cardiac event-free survivalLong-term clinical outcomesQ-wave myocardial infarctionLate clinical outcomesLong stent implantationsMajor procedural complicationsMean stent lengthMore diffuse lesionsSingle-vessel interventionVessel revascularization rateOverall procedural successLong-term outcomes