2013
Efficacy and safety of FIREHAWK® abluminal groove filled biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stents for the treatment of long coronary lesions: nine-month angiographic and one-year clinical results from TARGET I trial long cohort.
Xu B, Gao RL, Zhang RY, Wang HC, Li ZQ, Yang YJ, Ma CS, Han YL, Lansky AJ, Huo Y, Li W, Leon MB. Efficacy and safety of FIREHAWK® abluminal groove filled biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stents for the treatment of long coronary lesions: nine-month angiographic and one-year clinical results from TARGET I trial long cohort. Chinese Medical Journal 2013, 126: 1026-32. PMID: 23506573, DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20123206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong coronary lesionsPercutaneous coronary interventionCoronary lesionsMyocardial infarctionLate lossLONG cohortLong lesionsBiodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stentsNon-Q-wave myocardial infarctionDrug-eluting stent (DES) failureLong coronary artery diseaseStent late lumen lossOne-year clinical resultsSegment binary restenosisSegment late lossPrimary end pointReference vessel diameterLate lumen lossNative coronary arteriesStent late lossCoronary artery diseaseMajor inclusion criteriaSingle-arm trialSirolimus-eluting stentsAbluminal groove
2009
Classification and Potential Mechanisms of Intravascular Ultrasound Patterns of Stent Fracture
Doi H, Maehara A, Mintz GS, Tsujita K, Kubo T, Castellanos C, Liu J, Yang J, Oviedo C, Aoki J, Franklin-Bond T, Dasgupta N, Lansky AJ, Dangas GD, Stone GW, Moses JW, Mehran R, Leon MB. Classification and Potential Mechanisms of Intravascular Ultrasound Patterns of Stent Fracture. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2009, 103: 818-823. PMID: 19268738, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.11.051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStent fractureStent failureIndex stentingDrug-eluting stent (DES) failurePaclitaxel-eluting Taxus stentSirolimus-eluting Cypher stentsIntravascular ultrasound findingsBare metal stentsComplete stent fractureCoronary aneurysmsClinical eventsFracture groupTaxus stentUltrasound findingsUltrasound patternAneurysm formationIVUS analysisMetal stentsSimilar clinical eventsCypher stentsAneurysmsStent segmentIVUSPotential mechanismsStents