2014
First-generation versus second-generation drug-eluting stents in current clinical practice: updated evidence from a comprehensive meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials comprising 31 379 patients
Navarese EP, Kowalewski M, Kandzari D, Lansky A, Górny B, Kołtowski Ł, Waksman R, Berti S, Musumeci G, Limbruno U, van der Schaaf RJ, Kelm M, Kubica J, Suryapranata H. First-generation versus second-generation drug-eluting stents in current clinical practice: updated evidence from a comprehensive meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials comprising 31 379 patients. Open Heart 2014, 1: e000064. PMID: 25332803, PMCID: PMC4189321, DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2014-000064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSecond-generation drug-eluting stentsPaclitaxel-eluting stentsDrug-eluting stentsSecond-generation EESCoronary artery diseaseMyocardial infarctionEnd pointArtery diseaseClinical trialsPrespecified safety end pointsStable coronary artery diseaseIncidence of MIFirst-generation drug-eluting stentsFirst-generation SESReduction of oddsEfficacy end pointSafety end pointTarget lesion revascularisationAcute coronary syndromeComposite end pointSafe drug-eluting stentCurrent clinical practiceLong-term safetyVessel revascularisationCardiac mortality
2013
Drug-eluting balloon angioplasty for in-stent restenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Indermuehle A, Bahl R, Lansky AJ, Froehlich GM, Knapp G, Timmis A, Meier P. Drug-eluting balloon angioplasty for in-stent restenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Heart 2013, 99: 327. PMID: 23335497, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302945.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiac eventsDrug-eluting balloonsDrug-eluting balloon angioplastyBalloon angioplastyStent restenosisStent thrombosisMyocardial infarctionRelative riskSegment restenosisTreatment optionsSystematic reviewIncidence of MIRisk of STAdverse cardiac eventsPooled relative riskPlain balloon angioplastyOptimal treatment optionsPromising treatment optionDrug-eluting stentsRandom-effects modelLesion revascularisationCardiac eventsCoronary angioplastyMain endpointClinical trials