1997
Stent Placement Compared with Balloon Angioplasty for Obstructed Coronary Bypass Grafts
Savage M, Douglas J, Fischman D, Pepine C, King S, Werner J, Bailey S, Overlie P, Fenton S, Brinker J, Leon M, Goldberg S, Heuser R, Smalling R, Safian R, Cleman M, Buchbinder M, Snead D, Rake R, Gebhardt S. Stent Placement Compared with Balloon Angioplasty for Obstructed Coronary Bypass Grafts. New England Journal Of Medicine 1997, 337: 740-747. PMID: 9287229, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199709113371103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSaphenous vein graftsBalloon angioplastyStent groupLuminal diameterBypass surgeryBypass graftStent placementAortocoronary venous bypass graftsCoronary artery bypass surgeryBypass graft lesionsMajor cardiac complicationsStandard balloon angioplastyPrimary end pointMajor cardiac eventsCoronary bypass graftsTreatment of stenosisPalmaz-Schatz stentsLargest mean increaseAngioplasty groupAngiographic restenosisCardiac complicationsHemorrhagic complicationsAngiographic outcomesCardiac eventsCoronary angiography
1995
Immediate results and late outcomes after stent implantation in saphenous vein graft lesions: The multicenter U.S. Palmaz-Schatz stent experience
Wong S, Baim D, Schatz R, Teirstein P, King S, Curry R, Heuser R, Ellis S, Cleman M, Overlie P, Hirshfeld J, Walker C, Litvack F, Fish D, Brinker J, Buchbinder M, Goldberg S, Chuang Y, Leon M, Group P. Immediate results and late outcomes after stent implantation in saphenous vein graft lesions: The multicenter U.S. Palmaz-Schatz stent experience. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1995, 26: 704-712. PMID: 7642863, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00217-r.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSaphenous vein graft lesionsVein graft lesionsGraft lesionsStent implantationDiameter stenosisStent placementActuarial event-free survivalFavorable late clinical outcomeNative coronary artery diseaseSaphenous vein graft angioplastySaphenous vein graft diseaseImproved long-term outcomesMultivariate logistic regression analysisFrequent periprocedural complicationsLate clinical outcomesStandard balloon angioplastyStent placement resultsVein graft angioplastyEvent-free survivalProcedural success rateOverall restenosis rateVein graft diseaseCoronary artery diseaseReference vessel sizeLong-term outcomes
1994
A Randomized Comparison of Coronary-Stent Placement and Balloon Angioplasty in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease
Fischman D, Leon M, Baim D, Schatz R, Savage M, Penn I, Detre K, Veltri L, Ricci D, Nobuyoshi M, Cleman M, Heuser R, Almond D, Teirstein P, Fish R, Colombo A, Brinker J, Moses J, Shaknovich A, Hirshfeld J, Bailey S, Ellis S, Rake R, Goldberg S. A Randomized Comparison of Coronary-Stent Placement and Balloon Angioplasty in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease. New England Journal Of Medicine 1994, 331: 496-501. PMID: 8041414, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199408253310802.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandard balloon angioplastyCoronary stent placementBalloon angioplastyLarger luminal diameterAngioplasty groupProcedural successStent groupLuminal diameterOriginal target lesionRecurrent myocardial ischemiaSymptomatic coronary diseaseCoronary artery diseaseLower ratesLarge immediate increasesCoronary eventsArtery diseaseCoronary angiographyCoronary diseaseStented lesionsClinical outcomesCoronary lesionsRandomized comparisonClinical eventsCoronary stenosisStent placement
1993
Fate of lesion-related side branches after coronary artery stenting
Fischman D, Savage M, Leon M, Schatz R, Ellis S, Cleman M, Hirshfeld J, Teirstein P, Bailey S, Walker C, Goldberg S. Fate of lesion-related side branches after coronary artery stenting. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1993, 22: 1641-1646. PMID: 8227832, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90589-s.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSide branch occlusionStandard balloon angioplastyBalloon angioplastyBranch occlusionOstial stenosisCoronary arteryStent placementAcute side branch occlusionPalmaz-Schatz stent placementSide branchesImportant potential complicationConventional balloon angioplastySerial coronary angiographyLong-term patencySide branch ostiumPossible adverse effectsConventional angioplastyCoronary angiographyCoronary stentingMechanical obstructionPotential complicationsOstial diseaseAngioplastyPatencyCoronary stents