2023
Effects of Elective Coronary Revascularization vs Medical Therapy Alone on Noncardiac Mortality A Meta-Analysis
Navarese E, Lansky A, Farkouh M, Grzelakowska K, Bonaca M, Gorog D, Raggi P, Kelm M, Yeo B, Umińska J, Curzen N, Kubica J, Wijns W, Kereiakes D. Effects of Elective Coronary Revascularization vs Medical Therapy Alone on Noncardiac Mortality A Meta-Analysis. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2023, 16: 1144-1156. PMID: 37225285, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2023.02.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic coronary syndromeElective coronary revascularizationNoncardiac mortalityMedical therapyCoronary revascularizationTrial sequential analysisCumulative Z-curveRate ratioA Meta-AnalysisRandom-effects modelMeta-analysis findingsCoronary syndromeISCHEMIA trialRandomized trialsTrial evidenceRevascularizationTreatment groupsPrespecified endpointsMeta-AnalysisPatientsMortalityFutility boundariesDeath rateTrialsTreatment effects
1999
Intracoronary radiation for patients with refractory in-stent restenosis An analysis from the wrist-crossover trial
Waksman R, Bhargava B, White R, Chan R, Gierlach L, Mehran R, Lansky A, Kent K, Mintz G, Satler L, Pichard A, Leon M. Intracoronary radiation for patients with refractory in-stent restenosis An analysis from the wrist-crossover trial. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine 1999, 1: 317-322. PMID: 10828560, DOI: 10.1016/s1522-1865(00)00024-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary treatment groupTarget lesion revascularizationCrossover groupStent restenosisTreatment groupsClinical trialsQ-wave myocardial infarctionStent restenosis TrialAdverse cardiac eventsPrimary clinical endpointIntracoronary stent implantationRandomized clinical trialsCatheter-based interventionsCatheter-based techniquesStent neointimal formationAnginal symptomsLesion revascularizationRecurrent ISRRestenosis TrialActive therapyAngiographic outcomesCardiac eventsPlacebo armProcedural successIntracoronary radiationComparative analysis of early and late angiographic outcomes using two quantitative algorithms in the Balloon versus Optimal Atherectomy Trial (BOAT)
Lansky A, Popma J, Cutlip D, Ho K, Abizaid A, Saucedo J, Zhang Y, Senerchia C, Kuntz R, Leon M, Baim D, Investigators F. Comparative analysis of early and late angiographic outcomes using two quantitative algorithms in the Balloon versus Optimal Atherectomy Trial (BOAT). The American Journal Of Cardiology 1999, 83: 1611-1616. PMID: 10392863, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00166-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinimal lumen diameterPercent diameter stenosisBaseline minimal lumen diameterDiameter stenosisReference diameterDirectional atherectomyBaseline measurementsBaseline reference diameterQuantitative angiographic analysisLate angiographic outcomeAngiographic findingsAngiographic outcomesRestenosis rateBalloon angioplastyAngiographic analysisTreatment benefitTreatment groupsAngiographic laboratoryLumen diameterStenosisIndependent observersLesion irregularityAtherectomyPatientsTrials