Six- and Twelve-Month Results From First Human Experience Using Everolimus-Eluting Stents With Bioabsorbable Polymer
Grube E, Sonoda S, Ikeno F, Honda Y, Kar S, Chan C, Gerckens U, Lansky AJ, Fitzgerald PJ. Six- and Twelve-Month Results From First Human Experience Using Everolimus-Eluting Stents With Bioabsorbable Polymer. Circulation 2004, 109: 2168-2171. PMID: 15123533, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000128850.84227.fd.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAnticoagulantsCatheterizationCineangiographyCoated Materials, BiocompatibleComorbidityCoronary AngiographyCoronary RestenosisCoronary StenosisDrug ImplantsEverolimusFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGrowth InhibitorsHumansHyperplasiaImmunosuppressive AgentsLactic AcidMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionPolyestersPolymersProspective StudiesSingle-Blind MethodSirolimusStainless SteelStentsTreatment OutcomeTunica IntimaUltrasonography, InterventionalConceptsEverolimus-eluting stentsBare metal stentsRestenosis rateMajor adverse cardiac event ratesAdverse cardiac event ratesDe novo coronary lesionsMajor adverse cardiac eventsPercent neointimal volumeSegment restenosis rateAdverse cardiac eventsCardiac event rateNovo coronary lesionsStent restenosis rateTwelve-month resultsFirst human experienceIntravascular ultrasound analysisInitial clinical experienceLate stent malappositionLate stent thrombosisStent neointimal hyperplasiaSignificant reductionRestenosis reductionCardiac eventsI trialCoronary lesions