1992
Characteristics of cigarette smokers versus nonsmokers in patients referred for coronary angioplasty
Ilia R, Brennan J, Cabin H, Cleman M, Remetz M. Characteristics of cigarette smokers versus nonsmokers in patients referred for coronary angioplasty. Coronary Artery Disease 1992, 3: 859-862. DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199209000-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyTransluminal coronary angioplastyCoronary angioplastyCoronary dissectionSuccess rateConsecutive patientsMajor complicationsCigarette smokersTotal occlusionLong lesionsAngioplastySmokersConsecutive lesionsPatientsLesionsNonsmokersDissectionComplicationsGroupOcclusion
1989
Predictors of success in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of chronic total occlusions
LaVeau P, Remetz M, Cabin H, Hennecken J, McConnell S, Rosen R, Cleman M. Predictors of success in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of chronic total occlusions. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1989, 64: 1264-1269. PMID: 2589190, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(89)90565-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyTransluminal coronary angioplastyChronic total occlusionTotal occlusionAngiographic variablesClinical durationCoronary angioplastySuccess rateUnderwent repeat percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyRepeat percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastySuccessful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyEmergency coronary artery bypassNon-Q-wave infarctionCoronary artery bypassAcute myocardial infarctionQ-wave infarctionClinical occlusionArtery bypassMean durationMyocardial infarctionDilatation sitePredictors of successLow success rateInfarctionPatients