1998
Efficacy of Coronary Stenting Versus Balloon Angioplasty in Small Coronary Arteries fn1fn1This study was supported in part by a grant from Johnson & Johnson Interventional Systems, Inc., Warren, New Jersey.
Savage M, Fischman D, Rake R, Leon M, Schatz R, Penn I, Nobuyoshi M, Moses J, Hirshfeld J, Heuser R, Baim D, Cleman M, Brinker J, Gebhardt S, Goldberg S, Investigators F. Efficacy of Coronary Stenting Versus Balloon Angioplasty in Small Coronary Arteries fn1fn1This study was supported in part by a grant from Johnson & Johnson Interventional Systems, Inc., Warren, New Jersey. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1998, 31: 307-311. PMID: 9462572, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(97)00511-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryChi-Square DistributionCohort StudiesCoronary AngiographyCoronary DiseaseCoronary VesselsDisease-Free SurvivalElective Surgical ProceduresEquipment DesignFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedRecurrenceStentsSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationConceptsElective stent placementBalloon angioplastyCoronary arteryStent placementElective stent implantationJohnson Interventional SystemsPostprocedural lumen diameterPrimary end pointEvent-free survivalClinical event ratesSmall coronary arteriesQuantitative coronary angiographyPalmaz-Schatz stentsAngioplasty groupAngiographic characteristicsCoronary angiographyClinical outcomesNew lesionsProcedural successDiameter stenosisStent groupStent implantationAbrupt closurePatientsAngioplasty
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