Current perspectives on interventional treatment strategies in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease
Kornowski R, Lansky A. Current perspectives on interventional treatment strategies in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2000, 50: 245-254. PMID: 10842400, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(200006)50:2<245::aid-ccd22>3.0.co;2-p.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseCoronary interventionBypass surgeryArtery diseaseDiabetes mellitusDiabetic patientsClinical outcomesCoronary artery bypass surgeryDiffuse coronary artery diseaseCatheter-based coronary interventionsArtery bypass surgeryCoronary bypass surgeryInterventional treatment strategiesPercutaneous coronary interventionUse of antiplateletAtherosclerosis lesion progressionTarget vessel sizeAdjunctive pharmacologyMore restenosisMultivessel diseaseAtherosclerosis burdenCoronary atherosclerosisCoronary proceduresCoronary sitesAdjunctive pharmacotherapyPrognostic 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 II