2011
Initial experience with a dedicated coronary re‐entry device for revascularization of chronic total occlusions
Whitlow PL, Lombardi WL, Araya M, Wyman R, Torres H, Dauvergne C, Tsuchikane E, Lansky A, Thompson CA. Initial experience with a dedicated coronary re‐entry device for revascularization of chronic total occlusions. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2011, 80: 807-813. PMID: 22121076, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.23417.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic total coronary occlusionsDistal true lumenRe-entry deviceTrue lumenAntegrade guidewireWire entrapmentTIMI 3 flowTotal coronary occlusionChronic total occlusionGuidewire penetrationConsecutive CTO lesionsPrimary endpointProspective registryClinical improvementSuccessful recanalizationCoronary perforationMajor complicationsCTO lesionsCoronary occlusionCTO interventionTotal occlusionLesion characteristicsSubintimal spaceRetrograde techniqueInitial experience
1998
Procedural Results and Late Clinical Outcomes After Placement of Three or More Stents in Single Coronary Lesions
Kornowski R, Mehran R, Hong M, Satler L, Pichard A, Kent K, Mintz G, Waksman R, Laird J, Lansky A, Bucher T, Popma J, Leon M. Procedural Results and Late Clinical Outcomes After Placement of Three or More Stents in Single Coronary Lesions. Circulation 1998, 97: 1355-1361. PMID: 9577946, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.97.14.1355.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-Q-wave MIUnfavorable lesion characteristicsClinical outcomesProcedural successMajor complicationsLesion characteristicsMultiple stentsOverall cardiac event-free survivalMajor cardiac event rateCardiac event-free survivalLong-term clinical outcomesCardiac event rateHospital procedural successLate clinical outcomesSingle coronary lesionsEvent-free survivalSaphenous vein graftsOverall procedural successRight coronary arteryLong-term complicationsQ-wave MILesion revascularizationConsecutive patientsCoronary lesionsLong dissectionFinal Results of the Balloon vs Optimal Atherectomy Trial (BOAT)
Baim D, Cutlip D, Sharma S, Ho K, Fortuna R, Schreiber T, Feldman R, Shani J, Senerchia C, Zhang Y, Lansky A, Popma J, Kuntz R. Final Results of the Balloon vs Optimal Atherectomy Trial (BOAT). Circulation 1998, 97: 322-331. PMID: 9468205, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.97.4.322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAngiographic restenosisBalloon angioplastyHigh short-term successPrespecified primary end pointLower angiographic restenosisNative vessel lesionsSingle de novoPrimary end pointTarget vessel failureTarget vessel revascularizationResidual diameter stenosisLate clinical eventsConventional balloon angioplastyCreatine kinase-MBLow residual stenosisSignificant reductionHospital complicationsResidual stenosisLesion successMajor complicationsAngiographic restudyDiameter stenosisVessel lesionsClinical eventsLong-term benefits