The PARAGON stent study: a randomized trial of a new martensitic nitinol stent versus the Palmaz-Schatz stent for treatment of complex native coronary arterial lesions
Holmes D, Lansky A, Kuntz R, Bell M, Buchbinder M, Fortuna R, O’Shaughnessy C, Popma J, Investigators F. The PARAGON stent study: a randomized trial of a new martensitic nitinol stent versus the Palmaz-Schatz stent for treatment of complex native coronary arterial lesions. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2000, 86: 1073-1079. PMID: 11074202, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01162-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStent minimal lumen diameterTarget vessel failureMinimal lumen diameterAngiographic restenosisPalmaz-SchatzLumen diameterPS stentEnd pointSignificant differencesAverage stent lengthBinary angiographic restenosisInfrequent adverse eventsPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsSmaller reference vesselsCoronary arterial lesionsNative coronary lesionsPrior bypass surgeryLong-term outcomesPalmaz-Schatz stentsPrior restenosisLesion revascularizationPercutaneous revascularizationBypass surgeryClinical restenosis