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