2001
Treatment of focal in-stent restenosis with balloon angioplasty alone versus stenting: Short- and long-term results
Mehran R, Dangas G, Abizaid A, Lansky A, Mintz G, Pichard A, Satler L, Kent K, Waksman R, Stone G, Leon M. Treatment of focal in-stent restenosis with balloon angioplasty alone versus stenting: Short- and long-term results. American Heart Journal 2001, 141: 610-614. PMID: 11275928, DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.113998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyMinimal lumen diameterLong-term clinical resultsFocal ISRStent groupClinical resultsStent restenosisLarger reference vessel diameterLesion lengthLesion revascularization rateTarget lesion revascularizationReference vessel diameterResidual diameter stenosisTransluminal coronary angioplastyLong-term resultsQ-wave infarctionPTCA groupUrgent revascularizationAngiographic successLesion revascularizationRevascularization ratesAdditional stentingBaseline characteristicsCoronary angioplastyDiabetic patients
1998
Final 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