Clinical experience with the Palmaz-Schatz coronary stent. Initial results of a multicenter study.
Schatz R, Baim D, Leon M, Ellis S, Goldberg S, Hirshfeld J, Cleman M, Cabin H, Walker C, Stagg J. Clinical experience with the Palmaz-Schatz coronary stent. Initial results of a multicenter study. Circulation 1991, 83: 148-161. PMID: 1984878, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.83.1.148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrgent bypass surgeryBypass surgeryPerioperative complicationsMyocardial infarctionGroup 2Group 1Palmaz-Schatz coronary stentSuccessful elective coronary angioplastyUnderwent cardiac catheterizationElective coronary angioplastyNative coronary arteriesAbsence of symptomsBalloon-expandable stentsClinical thrombosisPerioperative deathsElective angioplastyCardiac catheterizationCoronary angioplastyMajor complicationsMulticenter studyCoronary arteryPatient populationLower incidencePatientsAbrupt closure