1992
Characteristics of cigarette smokers versus nonsmokers in patients referred for coronary angioplasty
Ilia R, Brennan J, Cabin H, Cleman M, Remetz M. Characteristics of cigarette smokers versus nonsmokers in patients referred for coronary angioplasty. Coronary Artery Disease 1992, 3: 859-862. DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199209000-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyTransluminal coronary angioplastyCoronary angioplastyCoronary dissectionSuccess rateConsecutive patientsMajor complicationsCigarette smokersTotal occlusionLong lesionsAngioplastySmokersConsecutive lesionsPatientsLesionsNonsmokersDissectionComplicationsGroupOcclusion
1991
Clinical experience with the Palmaz-Schatz coronary stent. Initial results of a multicenter study.
Schatz R, Baim D, Leon M, Ellis S, Goldberg S, Hirshfeld J, Cleman M, Cabin H, Walker C, Stagg J. Clinical experience with the Palmaz-Schatz coronary stent. Initial results of a multicenter study. Circulation 1991, 83: 148-161. PMID: 1984878, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.83.1.148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrgent bypass surgeryBypass surgeryPerioperative complicationsMyocardial infarctionGroup 2Group 1Palmaz-Schatz coronary stentSuccessful elective coronary angioplastyUnderwent cardiac catheterizationElective coronary angioplastyNative coronary arteriesAbsence of symptomsBalloon-expandable stentsClinical thrombosisPerioperative deathsElective angioplastyCardiac catheterizationCoronary angioplastyMajor complicationsMulticenter studyCoronary arteryPatient populationLower incidencePatientsAbrupt closure