1998
Efficacy of Coronary Stenting Versus Balloon Angioplasty in Small Coronary Arteries fn1fn1This study was supported in part by a grant from Johnson & Johnson Interventional Systems, Inc., Warren, New Jersey.
Savage M, Fischman D, Rake R, Leon M, Schatz R, Penn I, Nobuyoshi M, Moses J, Hirshfeld J, Heuser R, Baim D, Cleman M, Brinker J, Gebhardt S, Goldberg S, Investigators F. Efficacy of Coronary Stenting Versus Balloon Angioplasty in Small Coronary Arteries fn1fn1This study was supported in part by a grant from Johnson & Johnson Interventional Systems, Inc., Warren, New Jersey. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1998, 31: 307-311. PMID: 9462572, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(97)00511-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryChi-Square DistributionCohort StudiesCoronary AngiographyCoronary DiseaseCoronary VesselsDisease-Free SurvivalElective Surgical ProceduresEquipment DesignFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedRecurrenceStentsSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationConceptsElective stent placementBalloon angioplastyCoronary arteryStent placementElective stent implantationJohnson Interventional SystemsPostprocedural lumen diameterPrimary end pointEvent-free survivalClinical event ratesSmall coronary arteriesQuantitative coronary angiographyPalmaz-Schatz stentsAngioplasty groupAngiographic characteristicsCoronary angiographyClinical outcomesNew lesionsProcedural successDiameter stenosisStent groupStent implantationAbrupt closurePatientsAngioplasty
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