2013
Three-year clinical results of the Axxess Biolimus A9 eluting bifurcation stent system: the DIVERGE study.
Buysschaert I, Dubois CL, Dens J, Ormiston J, Worthley S, McClean D, Ottervanger JP, Meredith I, Uren N, Wijns W, Whitbourn R, Mehran R, Lansky AJ, Bichalska M, Meis S, Verheye S. Three-year clinical results of the Axxess Biolimus A9 eluting bifurcation stent system: the DIVERGE study. EuroIntervention 2013, 9: 573-81. PMID: 24058075, DOI: 10.4244/eijv9i5a93.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget lesion revascularisationIschaemia-driven target lesion revascularisationMajor adverse cardiac eventsSecondary safety endpointStent thrombosisMyocardial infarctionBifurcation lesionsAXXESS stentSafety endpointClinical outcomesBiolimus A9De novo coronary bifurcation lesionsThree-year clinical outcomesNew-generation drug-eluting stentsThree-year clinical resultsCumulative stent thrombosisProbable ST eventsAdverse cardiac eventsSingle-arm trialImproved clinical outcomesTrue bifurcation lesionsCoronary bifurcation lesionsDrug-eluting stentsPromising treatment strategyPresent large study
2007
Six-Month Clinical and Angiographic Results of a Dedicated Drug-Eluting Stent for the Treatment of Coronary Bifurcation Narrowings
Grube E, Buellesfeld L, Neumann FJ, Verheye S, Abizaid A, McClean D, Mueller R, Lansky A, Mehran R, Costa R, Gerckens U, Trauthen B, Fitzgerald PJ. Six-Month Clinical and Angiographic Results of a Dedicated Drug-Eluting Stent for the Treatment of Coronary Bifurcation Narrowings. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2007, 99: 1691-1697. PMID: 17560877, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.01.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary bifurcation lesionsBifurcation lesionsDe novo coronary bifurcation lesionsProspective multicenter single-arm studyBiolimus A9-eluting stentMulticenter single-arm studyResult of restenosisTarget lesion revascularizationClinical complication rateSingle-arm studyStent late lossSide branchesDrug-eluting stentsLate stent thrombosisBalloon angioplasty treatmentLesion revascularizationNonbifurcation lesionsAntiplatelet therapyComplication rateAngiographic resultsStent thrombosisBalloon angioplastyPercutaneous interventionAngioplasty treatmentAXXESS stent