2009
9-Month Clinical, Angiographic, and Intravascular Ultrasound Results of a Prospective Evaluation of the Axxess Self-Expanding Biolimus A9-Eluting Stent in Coronary Bifurcation Lesions The DIVERGE (Drug-Eluting Stent Intervention for Treating Side Branches Effectively) Study
Verheye S, Agostoni P, Dubois CL, Dens J, Ormiston J, Worthley S, Trauthen B, Hasegawa T, Koo BK, Fitzgerald PJ, Mehran R, Lansky AJ. 9-Month Clinical, Angiographic, and Intravascular Ultrasound Results of a Prospective Evaluation of the Axxess Self-Expanding Biolimus A9-Eluting Stent in Coronary Bifurcation Lesions The DIVERGE (Drug-Eluting Stent Intervention for Treating Side Branches Effectively) Study. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2009, 53: 1031-1039. PMID: 19298915, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.12.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercent neointimal volume obstructionMajor adverse cardiac eventsNeointimal volume obstructionCoronary bifurcation lesionsBifurcation lesionsAXXESS stentVolume obstructionMulticenter studyMyocardial infarctionLate lossParent vesselDe novo bifurcation lesionsEnd pointIntravascular ultrasound resultsNovo bifurcation lesionsAdverse cardiac eventsComposite of deathPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsProspective multicenter studySirolimus-eluting stentsAdverse late outcomesSide branchesDrug-eluting stentsLate stent thrombosis
2006
Serial Angiographic Follow-Up of Sirolimus-Eluting Stents for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Revascularization
Price MJ, Cristea E, Sawhney N, Kao JA, Moses JW, Leon MB, Costa RA, Lansky AJ, Teirstein PS. Serial Angiographic Follow-Up of Sirolimus-Eluting Stents for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Revascularization. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2006, 47: 871-877. PMID: 16487858, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.12.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate lossParent vesselUnprotected left main coronary artery stenosisLeft main coronary artery stenosisFinal minimal luminal diameterMain coronary artery revascularizationMain coronary artery stenosisSirolimus-eluting stent implantationEfficacy of SESCoronary artery revascularizationAngiographic Follow-upSirolimus-Eluting StentsCoronary artery stenosisMinimal luminal diameterArtery revascularizationCircumflex ostiumLesion restenosisLesion revascularizationLMCA diseaseLMCA interventionLMCA lesionsSES implantationAngiographic outcomesIndependent predictorsArtery stenosis