1995
In-hospital and one-year economic outcomes after coronary stenting or balloon angioplasty. Results from a randomized clinical trial. Stent Restenosis Study Investigators.
Cohen D, Krumholz H, Sukin C, Ho K, Siegrist R, Cleman M, Heuser R, Brinker J, Moses J, Savage M, Detre K, Leon M, Baim D. In-hospital and one-year economic outcomes after coronary stenting or balloon angioplasty. Results from a randomized clinical trial. Stent Restenosis Study Investigators. Circulation 1995, 92: 2480-7. PMID: 7586348, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.92.9.2480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical care costsInitial hospital costsCoronary stentingVascular complicationsConventional angioplastyBalloon angioplastyCare costsInitial hospitalizationInitial stentingHospital costsPalmaz-Schatz coronary stent implantationCatheterization laboratory costsElective coronary stentingPatient's initial hospitalizationSingle coronary lesionsSubsequent hospital visitsSubsequent revascularization proceduresSymptomatic coronary diseaseCoronary stent implantationConventional balloon angioplastyRandomized clinical trialsLength of stayDetailed resource utilizationAngiographic restenosisRepeat revascularization
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