2002
New-Device Angioplasty in Women: Clinical Outcome and Predictors in a 7,372-Patient Registry
Lansky AJ, Mehran R, Dangas G, Desai K, Costantini-Ortiz C, Cristea E, New G, Negoita M, Stone GW, Leon MB. New-Device Angioplasty in Women: Clinical Outcome and Predictors in a 7,372-Patient Registry. Epidemiology 2002, 13: s46-s51. PMID: 12071484, DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200205001-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiac eventsNew device angioplastyClinical outcomesFemale genderHospital mortalityLate mortalityIndependent predictorsMortality rateHospital major adverse cardiac eventsIschemic coronary artery diseaseLong-term clinical outcomesSaphenous vein graft lesionsMultivariable logistic regression analysisDevice-specific outcomesHospital cardiac mortalityLate clinical outcomesAdverse cardiac eventsComorbid risk factorsCongestive heart failureNative coronary arteriesOutcomes of womenVein graft lesionsCoronary artery diseaseReference vessel sizeConventional balloon angioplasty
1999
Preintervention Arterial Remodeling as an Independent Predictor of Target-Lesion Revascularization After Nonstent Coronary Intervention
Dangas G, Mintz G, Mehran R, Lansky A, Kornowski R, Pichard A, Satler L, Kent K, Stone G, Leon M. Preintervention Arterial Remodeling as an Independent Predictor of Target-Lesion Revascularization After Nonstent Coronary Intervention. Circulation 1999, 99: 3149-3154. PMID: 10377078, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.99.24.3149.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndependent predictorsArterial remodelingTarget lesion revascularization rateInsulin-dependent diabetic patientsLong-term clinical outcomesQ-wave myocardial infarctionMultivariable logistic regression analysisTarget lesion revascularizationShort-term complicationsIntravascular ultrasound studyLong-term outcomesFinal lumen areaLogistic regression analysisIntermediate remodelingAngiographic characteristicsAngiographic successRevascularization ratesCoronary interventionClinical outcomesDiabetic patientsPlaque burdenPositive remodelingMyocardial infarctionNegative remodelingPercutaneous intervention