A Prospective Registry to Evaluate Sirolimus-Eluting Stents Implanted at Coronary Bifurcation Lesions Using the “Crush Technique”
Moussa I, Costa RA, Leon MB, Lansky AJ, Lasic Z, Cristea E, Trubelja N, Carlier SG, Mehran R, Dangas GD, Weisz G, Kreps EM, Collins M, Stone GW, Moses JW. A Prospective Registry to Evaluate Sirolimus-Eluting Stents Implanted at Coronary Bifurcation Lesions Using the “Crush Technique”. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2006, 97: 1317-1321. PMID: 16635603, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.11.072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSirolimus-eluting stentsCoronary bifurcation lesionsFinal kissing balloon inflationBifurcation lesionsKissing balloon inflationCrush techniqueBalloon inflationHigh procedural success rateLong-term clinical outcomesStent minimum lumen diameterSmaller reference diameterProcedural success rateExcellent patency ratesSide branch lesionsLong-term efficacyMinimum lumen diameterComplex bifurcation lesionsMain vesselSide branch ostiumBifurcation stenting techniquesLesion revascularizationNoncardiac causesProspective registryPatient ageDiabetes mellitusCoronary stenting is safe and effective in a high-risk octogenarian patient cohort.
Baklanov DV, Marcu CB, Juhasz DF, Caracciolo EA, Chawarski MC, Donohue TJ. Coronary stenting is safe and effective in a high-risk octogenarian patient cohort. Connecticut Medicine 2006, 70: 15-9. PMID: 16479871.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget vessel revascularization rateCoronary stentingProcedural successNew York Heart Association class IIIHigh procedural success rateSerial cardiac enzymesVessel revascularization ratePercent of patientsTIMI 3 flowAcute coronary syndromeMajor cardiac eventsProcedural success rateLow complication rateCoronary heart diseaseCommunity teaching hospitalHigh-risk populationLong-term resultsCoronary stent proceduresAngiographic profileCoronary syndromeIndex hospitalizationRevascularization ratesCardiac eventsComplication rateResidual stenosis
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