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
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