Usefulness of Minimum Stent Cross Sectional Area as a Predictor of Angiographic Restenosis After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction (from the HORIZONS-AMI Trial IVUS Substudy)
Choi SY, Maehara A, Cristea E, Witzenbichler B, Guagliumi G, Brodie B, Kellett MA, Dressler O, Lansky AJ, Parise H, Mehran R, Mintz GS, Stone GW. Usefulness of Minimum Stent Cross Sectional Area as a Predictor of Angiographic Restenosis After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction (from the HORIZONS-AMI Trial IVUS Substudy). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2011, 109: 455-460. PMID: 22118823, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinimum stent areaST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionBare-metal stent useElevation myocardial infarctionAngiographic restenosisMyocardial infarctionStent areaIndependent predictorsStent usePrimary percutaneous coronary interventionStable coronary artery diseaseLumen areaMinimum stent cross-sectional areaDifferent antithrombotic regimensIntravascular ultrasound substudyPrimary percutaneous interventionStent cross-sectional areaPercutaneous coronary interventionCoronary artery diseaseAcute myocardial infarctionAverage lumen areaMinimum lumen areaIVUS minimum lumen areaAntithrombotic regimensAttenuated plaque