2014
First-generation versus second-generation drug-eluting stents in current clinical practice: updated evidence from a comprehensive meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials comprising 31 379 patients
Navarese EP, Kowalewski M, Kandzari D, Lansky A, Górny B, Kołtowski Ł, Waksman R, Berti S, Musumeci G, Limbruno U, van der Schaaf RJ, Kelm M, Kubica J, Suryapranata H. First-generation versus second-generation drug-eluting stents in current clinical practice: updated evidence from a comprehensive meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials comprising 31 379 patients. Open Heart 2014, 1: e000064. PMID: 25332803, PMCID: PMC4189321, DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2014-000064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSecond-generation drug-eluting stentsPaclitaxel-eluting stentsDrug-eluting stentsSecond-generation EESCoronary artery diseaseMyocardial infarctionEnd pointArtery diseaseClinical trialsPrespecified safety end pointsStable coronary artery diseaseIncidence of MIFirst-generation drug-eluting stentsFirst-generation SESReduction of oddsEfficacy end pointSafety end pointTarget lesion revascularisationAcute coronary syndromeComposite end pointSafe drug-eluting stentCurrent clinical practiceLong-term safetyVessel revascularisationCardiac mortality
2013
The impact of the coronary collateral circulation on outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes: results from the ACUITY trial
Meier P, Lansky AJ, Fahy M, Xu K, White HD, Bertrand ME, Mehran R, Stone GW. The impact of the coronary collateral circulation on outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes: results from the ACUITY trial. Heart 2013, 100: 647. PMID: 24310521, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304435.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Coronary SyndromeAgedCollateral CirculationCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery BypassCoronary CirculationFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisMyocardial InfarctionPercutaneous Coronary InterventionPredictive Value of TestsProportional Hazards ModelsRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsMajor adverse cardiac eventsAcute coronary syndromeTarget vessel revascularisationPercutaneous coronary interventionAdverse cardiac eventsCoronary collateral circulationMyocardial infarctionCoronary syndromeCardiac eventsClinical outcomesCollateral circulationHigh-risk acute coronary syndromesUrgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) trialIndependent angiographic core laboratorySubgroup of patientsCoronary collateral vesselsAngiographic core laboratoryPresence of collateralsACUITY trialAcute CatheterizationRentrop scoreVessel revascularisationMultivariable adjustmentCoronary interventionVisible collateralsImpact of bifurcation target lesion on angiographic, electrocardiographic, and clinical outcomes of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (from the Harmonizing Outcomes With Revascularization and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction [HORIZONS-AMI] trial).
Dudek D, Mehran R, Dziewierz A, Brener SJ, Rakowski T, Brzezinski M, Brodie BR, Xu K, Fahy M, Lansky AJ, Zmudka K, Stone GW. Impact of bifurcation target lesion on angiographic, electrocardiographic, and clinical outcomes of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (from the Harmonizing Outcomes With Revascularization and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction [HORIZONS-AMI] trial). EuroIntervention 2013, 9: 817-23. PMID: 24280158, DOI: 10.4244/eijv9i7a135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionCoronary interventionClinical outcomesTarget lesionsLow left ventricular ejection fractionPost-percutaneous coronary interventionLeft ventricular ejection fractionCore laboratory assessmentHigher contrast loadHORIZONS-AMI trialTarget vessel revascularisationProbable stent thrombosisST-segment resolutionElevation myocardial infarctionVentricular ejection fractionCore laboratory analysisRate of deathBTL groupHORIZONS-AMIVessel revascularisationInfarct arteryBaseline characteristicsContrast load