2012
A New Score for Risk Stratification of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention The ACUITY-PCI (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy–Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) Risk Score
Palmerini T, Genereux P, Caixeta A, Cristea E, Lansky A, Mehran R, Della Riva D, Fahy M, Xu K, Stone GW. A New Score for Risk Stratification of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention The ACUITY-PCI (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy–Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) Risk Score. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2012, 5: 1108-1116. PMID: 23174634, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2012.07.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionAcute coronary syndromeCoronary artery diseaseRisk scoreRisk stratificationCoronary syndromeCoronary interventionArtery diseaseElectrocardiographic variablesSegment elevation acute coronary syndromesElevation acute coronary syndromeDiffuse coronary artery diseaseCardiac biomarker elevationClinical SYNTAX scoreEarly invasive strategyGRACE risk scoreTIMI risk scoreInsulin-treated diabetesNet reclassification improvementNew scoreBetter prognostic accuracyST-segment deviationACUITY trialAngiographic substudyRenal insufficiency
2011
Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents Compared With Bare Metal Stents in Diabetic Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Witzenbichler B, Wöhrle J, Guagliumi G, Peruga JZ, Brodie BR, Dudek D, Kornowski R, Hartmann F, Hood KL, Parise H, Lansky AJ, Nikolsky E, Mehran R, Stone GW. Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents Compared With Bare Metal Stents in Diabetic Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions 2011, 4: 130-138. PMID: 21364152, DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.110.960245.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionPaclitaxel-eluting stentsTarget lesion revascularizationBare metal stentsHORIZONS-AMI trialDiabetic patientsDiabetes mellitusStent thrombosisMyocardial infarctionPercutaneous interventionIschemia-driven target lesion revascularizationMetal stentsAcute Myocardial Infarction trialHigh-risk diabetic patientsMyocardial Infarction trialPrimary percutaneous interventionInsulin-treated diabetesAcute myocardial infarctionAngiographic late lossComparable safety outcomesBinary restenosisHarmonizing OutcomesLesion revascularizationNondiabetic patientsAngiographic restenosis
2010
Clinical and Angiographic Predictors of Short- and Long-Term Ischemic Events in Acute Coronary Syndromes
Lansky AJ, Goto K, Cristea E, Fahy M, Parise H, Feit F, Ohman EM, White HD, Alexander KP, Bertrand ME, Desmet W, Hamon M, Mehran R, Moses J, Leon M, Stone GW. Clinical and Angiographic Predictors of Short- and Long-Term Ischemic Events in Acute Coronary Syndromes. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions 2010, 3: 308-316. PMID: 20647564, DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.109.887604.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute coronary syndromeLeft ventricular ejection fractionEarly invasive strategyPercutaneous coronary interventionVentricular ejection fractionComposite ischemiaIschemic eventsACS patientsAngiographic predictorsCoronary syndromeCoronary interventionEjection fractionInvasive strategyUrgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) trialLong-term ischemic eventsCoronary artery bypassCardiac ischemic eventsClinical risk factorsPrognosis of patientsInsulin-treated diabetesMultivariable logistic regressionIndependent predictive valueLower hemoglobin valuesPercent diameter stenosisST-segment deviation