2011
Clinical and angiographic outcomes of elderly patients treated with everolimus-eluting versus paclitaxel-eluting stents: three-year results from the SPIRIT III randomised trial.
Hermiller JB, Nikolsky E, Lansky AJ, Applegate RJ, Sanz M, Yaqub M, Sood P, Cao S, Sudhir K, Stone GW. Clinical and angiographic outcomes of elderly patients treated with everolimus-eluting versus paclitaxel-eluting stents: three-year results from the SPIRIT III randomised trial. EuroIntervention 2011, 7: 307-13. PMID: 21729832, DOI: 10.4244/eijv7i3a54.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPaclitaxel-eluting stentsPercutaneous coronary interventionSegment restenosisYounger patientsElderly patientsLower incidenceSegment late lumen lossSegment late lossSPIRIT III trialTarget vessel failureLate lumen lossDrug-eluting stentsYears of ageThree-year resultsLower ratesAge-specific mechanismsStent assignmentAngiographic outcomesCoronary interventionIII trialsInducible ischaemiaEE patientsPE patientsLumen lossNeointimal response
2002
7-Hexanoyltaxol–Eluting Stent for Prevention of Neointimal Growth
Kataoka T, Grube E, Honda Y, Morino Y, Hur SH, Bonneau HN, Colombo A, Di Mario C, Guagliumi G, Hauptmann KE, Pitney MR, Lansky AJ, Stertzer SH, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. 7-Hexanoyltaxol–Eluting Stent for Prevention of Neointimal Growth. Circulation 2002, 106: 1788-1793. PMID: 12356631, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000031734.11420.1c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBare metal stentsNeointimal growthIntravascular ultrasoundDe novo coronary lesionsAdjacent reference segmentsNovo coronary lesionsIndependent core laboratoryHuman feasibility studyNeointimal tissue growthIVUS substudyUnhealed dissectionConventional mechanical treatmentMulticenter trialCoronary lesionsRestenosis rateAtherosclerotic diseaseIntracoronary brachytherapyIVUS analysisNeointimal responseLong-term benefitsNeointimal thickeningStented segmentsCore laboratoryMetal stentsReference segments