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
1999
In-hospital and long-term results of stent deployment compared with balloon angioplasty for treatment of narrowing at the saphenous vein graft distal anastomosis site
Gruberg L, Hong M, Mehran R, Mintz G, Kornowski R, Lansky A, Kent K, Pichard A, Satler L, Dangas G, Wu H, Stone G, Leon M. In-hospital and long-term results of stent deployment compared with balloon angioplasty for treatment of narrowing at the saphenous vein graft distal anastomosis site. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1999, 84: 1381-1384. PMID: 10606108, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00580-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSaphenous vein graftsDistal anastomosis siteLong-term outcomesBalloon angioplastyAnastomosis siteQ-wave myocardial infarction rateStent deploymentBalloon angioplasty groupMajor ischemic complicationsBaseline clinical characteristicsTarget lesion revascularizationMyocardial infarction rateProcedural success rateLower restenosis rateLong-term resultsRole of stentsHigh rateAngioplasty groupLesion revascularizationHospital outcomesInfarction rateIschemic complicationsPercutaneous revascularizationRepeat revascularizationClinical characteristics