2000
Comparison of debulking followed by stenting versus stenting alone for saphenous vein graft aortoostial lesions: immediate and one-year clinical outcomes
Ahmed J, Hong M, Mehran R, Mintz G, Lansky A, Pichard A, Satler L, Kent K, Wu H, Stone G, Leon M. Comparison of debulking followed by stenting versus stenting alone for saphenous vein graft aortoostial lesions: immediate and one-year clinical outcomes. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2000, 35: 1560-1568. PMID: 10807461, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00592-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOne-year clinical outcomesLumen cross-sectional areaLate clinical outcomesClinical outcomesStent implantationProcedural successRestenotic lesionsIntravascular ultrasoundCross-sectional areaOverall cardiac event-free survivalCardiac event-free survivalLate cardiac eventsEvent-free survivalOverall procedural successCox regression analysisComplex lesion subsetsPalmaz-Schatz stentsLesion revascularizationCardiac eventsMost patientsConsecutive patientsIndependent predictorsProcedural complicationsLesion subsetsMyocardial infarctionPrognostic value of cardiac troponin-I levels following catheter-based coronary interventions
Fuchs S, Kornowski R, Mehran R, Lansky A, Satler L, Pichard A, Kent K, Clark C, Stone G, Leon M. Prognostic value of cardiac troponin-I levels following catheter-based coronary interventions. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2000, 85: 1077-1082. PMID: 10781755, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)00699-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCatheter-based coronary interventionsCK-MB levelsHospital complicationsCoronary interventionCreatine kinase-MB fraction levelsCardiac event-free survivalIntermediate-term clinical outcomesTn-I levelsEvent-free survivalIntermediate-term outcomesRisk of mortalityQ-wave infarctionLesion revascularizationConsecutive patientsCoronary angioplastyIndependent predictorsClinical outcomesPrognostic significancePrognostic valueCoronary arteryMyocardial infarctionPlasma levelsSaphenous veinNormal limitsGroup IIProcedural results and late clinical outcomes after percutaneous interventions using long (≥25 mm) versus short (<20 mm) stents
Kornowski R, Bhargava B, Fuchs D, Lansky A, Satler L, Pichard A, Hong M, Kent K, Mehran R, Stone G, Leon M. Procedural results and late clinical outcomes after percutaneous interventions using long (≥25 mm) versus short (<20 mm) stents. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2000, 35: 612-618. PMID: 10716462, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00580-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort stent groupsPeriprocedural non-Q-wave myocardial infarctionNon-Q-wave myocardial infarctionCardiac event-free survivalEvent-free survivalMyocardial infarctionClinical outcomesProcedural successStent groupShort stentsHospital complicationsLesion revascularizationLong stentsOverall cardiac event-free survivalLong-term clinical outcomesQ-wave myocardial infarctionLate clinical outcomesLong stent implantationsMajor procedural complicationsMean stent lengthMore diffuse lesionsSingle-vessel interventionVessel revascularization rateOverall procedural successLong-term outcomesProcedural results and intermediate clinical outcomes after multiple saphenous vein graft stenting
Bhargava B, Kornowski R, Mehran R, Kent K, Hong M, Lansky A, Waksman R, Pichard A, Satler L, Leon M. Procedural results and intermediate clinical outcomes after multiple saphenous vein graft stenting. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2000, 35: 389-397. PMID: 10676686, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00564-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMid-term clinical outcomesSVG interventionClinical outcomesProcedural successOverall cardiac event-free survivalCardiac event-free survivalSaphenous vein graft angioplastyNon-Q-wave MIHospital procedural successVein graft angioplastyEvent-free survivalIntermediate clinical outcomesMajor complication rateOverall procedural successSaphenous vein graftsGraft angioplastyLesion revascularizationSimultaneous stentingSVG diseaseSVG groupSVG stentingLate mortalityComplication rateDistal embolizationMI rates
1998
Procedural Results and Late Clinical Outcomes After Placement of Three or More Stents in Single Coronary Lesions
Kornowski R, Mehran R, Hong M, Satler L, Pichard A, Kent K, Mintz G, Waksman R, Laird J, Lansky A, Bucher T, Popma J, Leon M. Procedural Results and Late Clinical Outcomes After Placement of Three or More Stents in Single Coronary Lesions. Circulation 1998, 97: 1355-1361. PMID: 9577946, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.97.14.1355.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-Q-wave MIUnfavorable lesion characteristicsClinical outcomesProcedural successMajor complicationsLesion characteristicsMultiple stentsOverall cardiac event-free survivalMajor cardiac event rateCardiac event-free survivalLong-term clinical outcomesCardiac event rateHospital procedural successLate clinical outcomesSingle coronary lesionsEvent-free survivalSaphenous vein graftsOverall procedural successRight coronary arteryLong-term complicationsQ-wave MILesion revascularizationConsecutive patientsCoronary lesionsLong dissection