2003
Long-term follow-up of patients after gamma intracoronary brachytherapy failure (from GAMMA-I, GAMMA-II, and SCRIPPS-III)
Limpijankit T, Mehran R, Mintz GS, Dangas G, Lansky AJ, Kao J, Ashby DT, Moussa I, Stone GW, Moses JW, Leon MB, Teirstein PS. Long-term follow-up of patients after gamma intracoronary brachytherapy failure (from GAMMA-I, GAMMA-II, and SCRIPPS-III). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2003, 92: 315-318. PMID: 12888143, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00636-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse eventsCoronary Artery Bypass GraftingTotal adverse eventsArtery Bypass GraftingCoronary artery bypassFirst-line therapyPercutaneous coronary interventionLong-term outcomesBrachytherapy failureArtery bypassBypass GraftingVessel revascularizationCoronary interventionIndependent predictorsMyocardial infarctionRadiation failureStent restenosisLate thrombosisPatientsTherapyBrachytherapyRevascularizationInfarctionThrombosisFailure
2002
Long-Term Outcome of Patients Treated With Repeat Percutaneous Coronary Intervention After Failure of γ-Brachytherapy for the Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis
Prpic R, Teirstein PS, Reilly JP, Moses JW, Tripuraneni P, Lansky AJ, Giorgianni JA, Jani S, Wong SC, Fish RD, Ellis S, Holmes DR, Kereiakas D, Kuntz RE, Leon MB. Long-Term Outcome of Patients Treated With Repeat Percutaneous Coronary Intervention After Failure of γ-Brachytherapy for the Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis. Circulation 2002, 106: 2340-2345. PMID: 12403664, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000036366.62288.74.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget lesion revascularizationIndex treatmentIntracoronary brachytherapyPercutaneous interventionStent restenosisAcceptable long-term resultsMajor adverse event rateRepeat percutaneous coronary interventionRepeat target vessel revascularizationSubsequent target lesion revascularizationTarget vessel revascularizationAcute procedural successAdverse event ratesPercutaneous coronary interventionIntracoronary radiation therapyLong-term outcomesLong-term resultsIn-Stent RestenosisLesion revascularizationPlacebo groupCoronary interventionFailure patientsProcedural successAngioplasty/Term outcomes7-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 segmentsLate Vascular Response to Repeat Stenting for In-Stent Restenosis With and Without Radiation
Morino Y, Limpijankit T, Honda Y, Lansky AJ, Waksman R, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Mintz GS, Fitzgerald PJ. Late Vascular Response to Repeat Stenting for In-Stent Restenosis With and Without Radiation. Circulation 2002, 105: 2465-2468. PMID: 12034650, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000018949.39445.40.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBlood Vessel Prosthesis ImplantationBrachytherapyCohort StudiesCoronary RestenosisDisease ProgressionDouble-Blind MethodFollow-Up StudiesGamma RaysHumansIridium RadioisotopesPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRecurrenceReoperationStentsTiclopidineTimeTreatment OutcomeUltrasonography, InterventionalVascular PatencyConceptsLumen volume indexISR lesionsPlacebo patientsLate vascular responseAcute angiographic resultsIntravascular ultrasound analysisIn-Stent RestenosisPlacebo groupAngiographic resultsVascular responsesAdditional lumenNeointimal proliferationStent restenosisIrradiated groupPatientsStent overlapLesionsVolume indexUltrasound analysisSafety of radiationLong-term advantagesStent strutsSignificant decreaseStentingRestenosis
2001
Clinical outcomes of compromised side branch (stent jail) after coronary stenting with the NIR stent
Bhargava B, Waksman R, Lansky A, Kornowski R, Mehran R, Leon M. Clinical outcomes of compromised side branch (stent jail) after coronary stenting with the NIR stent. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2001, 54: 295-300. PMID: 11747152, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1287.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial infarctionSB occlusionSide branch compromiseCoronary stentingClinical outcomesStent implantationNon-Q-wave myocardial infarctionLate major adverse eventsLong-term clinical outcomesSB compromiseLate target lesion revascularizationHospital ischemic complicationsMore myocardial infarctionsNIR stent implantationMajor adverse eventsTarget lesion revascularizationSide branch occlusionSB patencyBaseline patientIschemic complicationsLesion revascularizationRepeat revascularizationAdverse eventsConsecutive patientsProcedural success