2012
An intravascular ultrasound appraisal of atherosclerotic plaque distribution in diseased coronary arteries
Golinvaux N, Maehara A, Mintz GS, Lansky AJ, McPherson J, Farhat N, Marso S, de Bruyne B, Serruys PW, Templin B, Cheong WF, Aaskar R, Fahy M, Mehran R, Leon M, Stone GW. An intravascular ultrasound appraisal of atherosclerotic plaque distribution in diseased coronary arteries. American Heart Journal 2012, 163: 624-631. PMID: 22520529, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.07.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight coronary arteryCoronary arteryPlaque burdenDistal segmentsDistal LADDistal right coronary arteryAtherosclerotic plaque distributionAnterior descending (LAD) arteryDistal coronary arteriesProximal coronary arteriesDiseased coronary arteriesExternal elastic membraneProximal cross sectionsArtery plaquesIntravascular ultrasound dataPlaque distributionProximal vesselsMid segmentsIntravascular ultrasoundMedian percentageArteryProximal segmentSignificant diseaseLADDisease
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 dissection