Stent Placement Compared with Balloon Angioplasty for Obstructed Coronary Bypass Grafts
Savage M, Douglas J, Fischman D, Pepine C, King S, Werner J, Bailey S, Overlie P, Fenton S, Brinker J, Leon M, Goldberg S, Heuser R, Smalling R, Safian R, Cleman M, Buchbinder M, Snead D, Rake R, Gebhardt S. Stent Placement Compared with Balloon Angioplasty for Obstructed Coronary Bypass Grafts. New England Journal Of Medicine 1997, 337: 740-747. PMID: 9287229, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199709113371103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSaphenous vein graftsBalloon angioplastyStent groupLuminal diameterBypass surgeryBypass graftStent placementAortocoronary venous bypass graftsCoronary artery bypass surgeryBypass graft lesionsMajor cardiac complicationsStandard balloon angioplastyPrimary end pointMajor cardiac eventsCoronary bypass graftsTreatment of stenosisPalmaz-Schatz stentsLargest mean increaseAngioplasty groupAngiographic restenosisCardiac complicationsHemorrhagic complicationsAngiographic outcomesCardiac eventsCoronary angiography