Clinical and angiographic outcomes in diabetic patients following single or multivessel stenting in the COSTAR II randomized trial.
Kereiakes DJ, Petersen JL, Batchelor WB, Fitzgerald PJ, Mehran R, Lansky A, Tsujino I, Schofer J, Dubois C, Verheye S, Cristea E, Garg J, Wijns W, Krucoff MW. Clinical and angiographic outcomes in diabetic patients following single or multivessel stenting in the COSTAR II randomized trial. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2008, 20: 335-41. PMID: 18599890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAngiographyAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryBlood GlucoseCoronary Artery DiseaseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Drug-Eluting StentsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGlycated HemoglobinHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesSingle-Blind MethodStentsTreatment OutcomeConceptsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsPercutaneous coronary interventionDiabetic patientsAngiographic outcomesAdverse outcomesTaxus stentStent deploymentBare metal stent deploymentAdverse cardiovascular eventsMultivessel coronary diseaseTarget vessel revascularizationImproved clinical outcomesAngiographic restenosisCardiovascular eventsVessel revascularizationCoronary interventionCoronary diseaseGlycemic controlMultivessel stentingClinical outcomesDiabetic cohortElevated HbA1cLate lumenPatientsDiabetes