2005
Angiographic and clinical outcomes at 8 months of cutting balloon angioplasty and β‐brachytherapy for native vessel in‐stent restenosis (BETACUT): Results from a stopped randomized controlled trial
Schlüter M, Tübler T, Lansky AJ, Kähler S, Berger J, Mathey DG, Schofer J. Angiographic and clinical outcomes at 8 months of cutting balloon angioplasty and β‐brachytherapy for native vessel in‐stent restenosis (BETACUT): Results from a stopped randomized controlled trial. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2005, 66: 320-326. PMID: 16216024, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandard balloonClinical outcomesCB angioplastyBalloon angioplastyStent restenosisInterim analysisMajor adverse cardiac eventsNative vesselsAdverse cardiac eventsOverall patient populationImmediate angiographic outcomeTreatment of choiceQuantitative coronary angiographyΒ-brachytherapyAngiographic restenosisBeta-radiation treatmentLesion revascularizationAngiographic outcomesCardiac eventsConsecutive patientsCoronary angiographyStudy armsIntracoronary brachytherapyPatient populationTreatment modalities
2004
Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY (ACUITY) trial: Study design and rationale
Stone GW, Bertrand M, Colombo A, Dangas G, Farkouh ME, Feit F, Lansky AJ, Lincoff AM, Mehran R, Moses JW, Ohman M, White HD. Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY (ACUITY) trial: Study design and rationale. American Heart Journal 2004, 148: 764-775. PMID: 15523305, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.04.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAngina, UnstableAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryAnticoagulantsAntithrombinsCardiac CatheterizationCombined Modality TherapyCoronary Artery BypassEnoxaparinHeparinHirudinsHumansMulticenter Studies as TopicMyocardial InfarctionPeptide FragmentsPlatelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa ComplexProspective StudiesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRecombinant ProteinsResearch DesignConceptsIIb/IIIa inhibitionUrgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) trialIIb/IIIa inhibitorsAcute CatheterizationInhibitor administrationStrategy trialMyocardial infarctionGlycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitorsPrimary study end pointAdverse ischemic eventsHigh-risk ACSComposite of deathStudy end pointAcute coronary syndromeHigh-risk patientsSurgical revascularization proceduresTreatment of choiceSecond random assignmentACUITY trialMajor bleedingSurgical revascularizationUnplanned revascularizationCoronary syndromeEarly angiographyIschemic events