2006
Treatment of Coronary Artery Perforations Complicating Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With a Polytetrafluoroethylene-Covered Stent Graft
Lansky AJ, Yang YM, Khan Y, Costa RA, Pietras C, Tsuchiya Y, Cristea E, Collins M, Mehran R, Dangas GD, Moses JW, Leon MB, Stone GW. Treatment of Coronary Artery Perforations Complicating Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With a Polytetrafluoroethylene-Covered Stent Graft. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2006, 98: 370-374. PMID: 16860026, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.02.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionCoronary stent graftEmergency coronary bypass surgeryQ-wave myocardial infarctionCoronary bypass surgeryCoronary interventionCoronary perforationStent graftBypass surgeryMyocardial infarctionOverall procedure success rateReversal of anticoagulationLife-threatening complicationsCoronary artery perforationProcedure success rateStent-graft implantationAbrupt vessel closureEffective treatment optionProlonged balloon inflationMulticenter seriesCardiogenic shockArtery perforationPericardial tamponadeCardiac arrestTreatment options
2005
Intravascular Ultrasound Study of Patterns of Calcium in Ruptured Coronary Plaques
Fujii K, Carlier SG, Mintz GS, Takebayashi H, Yasuda T, Costa RA, Moussa I, Dangas G, Mehran R, Lansky AJ, Kreps EM, Collins M, Stone GW, Moses JW, Leon MB. Intravascular Ultrasound Study of Patterns of Calcium in Ruptured Coronary Plaques. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2005, 96: 352-357. PMID: 16054456, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.03.074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRuptured plaquesControl plaquesCalcium depositsCoronary calciumSuperficial calciumLarge calcium depositsLumen cross-sectional areaMinimum lumen cross-sectional areaRuptured coronary plaquesIntravascular ultrasound studyArc of calciumAtherosclerotic plaque developmentDeep calciumCoronary plaquesSmall calcium depositsPlaque instabilityPlaque ruptureUltrasound studyPlaque developmentPlaquesCross-sectional areaLess calciumCalciumLong segmentGroupCreatine kinase-MB enzyme elevation and long-term clinical events after successful coronary stenting in lesions with ruptured plaque
Fujii K, Carlier SG, Mintz GS, Kobayashi Y, Jacoboff D, Nierenberg H, Takebayashi H, Yasuda T, Moussa I, Dangas G, Mehran R, Lansky AJ, Kreps EM, Collins M, Stone GW, Leon MB, Moses JW. Creatine kinase-MB enzyme elevation and long-term clinical events after successful coronary stenting in lesions with ruptured plaque. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2005, 95: 355-359. PMID: 15670544, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.09.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalysis of VarianceCase-Control StudiesChi-Square DistributionCineangiographyCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseCreatine KinaseCreatine Kinase, MB FormFemaleHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedIsoenzymesMaleMiddle AgedRuptureStatistics, NonparametricStentsUltrasonography, InterventionalConceptsAcute coronary syndromeCoronary syndromeCoronary stentingClinical outcomesStent implantationRuptured plaquesCreatine kinase-MB isoenzyme releaseCreatine kinase‐MB enzyme elevationLong-term clinical eventsCK-MB elevationCK-MB releaseSuccessful coronary stentingControl patientsUnstable anginaEnzyme elevationIndependent predictorsProcedural complicationsClinical eventsPlaque ruptureIntravascular ultrasoundPatientsLong-term eventsPlaquesComposite rateSyndrome