1997
High-Speed Rotational Atherectomy of Human Coronary Stenoses: Acute and One-Year Outcomes From the New Approaches to Coronary Intervention (NACI) Registry
Brown D, George C, Steenkiste A, Cowley M, Leon M, Cleman M, Moses J, King S, Carrozza J, Holmes D, Burkhard-Meier C, Popma J, Brinker J, Buchbinder M, Investigators F. High-Speed Rotational Atherectomy of Human Coronary Stenoses: Acute and One-Year Outcomes From the New Approaches to Coronary Intervention (NACI) Registry. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1997, 80: 60k-67k. PMID: 9409693, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00765-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyQ-wave MIRotational atherectomyLesion revascularizationCoronary dissectionCoronary stenosisHigh-speed rotational atherectomyNon-Q-wave MIEmergency CABG surgerySpeed rotational atherectomyAngiographic success rateTarget lesion revascularizationOne-year outcomesProcedural success rateTransluminal coronary angioplastyCoronary Intervention RegistrySide branch occlusionSuccess rateNew percutaneous procedureProgression of diseaseHuman coronary stenosisAngiographic complicationsPreprocedural characteristicsCABG surgeryExtensive diseaseIntracoronary Doppler assessment of moderate coronary artery disease: comparison with 201Tl imaging and coronary angiography. FACTS Study Group.
Heller L, Cates C, Popma J, Deckelbaum L, Joye J, Dahlberg S, Villegas B, Arnold A, Kipperman R, Grinstead W, Balcom S, Ma Y, Cleman M, Steingart R, Leppo J. Intracoronary Doppler assessment of moderate coronary artery disease: comparison with 201Tl imaging and coronary angiography. FACTS Study Group. Circulation 1997, 96: 484-90. PMID: 9244216, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.96.2.484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary flow reserveIntracoronary Doppler ultrasoundExercise-induced ischemiaCoronary angiographyFlow reserveDoppler ultrasoundModerate coronary artery diseaseIndependent core laboratoryCoronary artery diseaseStenotic coronary arteriesIntermediate coronary stenosisMaximum heart rateMean stenosisArtery diseaseDoppler assessmentCoronary arteryCoronary stenosisHeart rateStenosisAngiographyCore laboratoryStenosis severityDiagnostic accuracyPhysiological assessmentIschemia
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