2001
Are we making progress with percutaneous saphenous vein graft treatment? A comparison of 1990 to 1994 and 1995 to 1998 results
Hong M, Mehran R, Dangas G, Mintz G, Lansky A, Kent K, Pichard A, Satler L, Stone G, Leon M. Are we making progress with percutaneous saphenous vein graft treatment? A comparison of 1990 to 1994 and 1995 to 1998 results. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2001, 38: 150-154. PMID: 11451265, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01324-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate cardiac eventsSVG lesionsCardiac eventsDistal embolizationStent useSaphenous vein graft angioplastyUnfavorable lesion characteristicsVein graft angioplastyOne-year outcomesProcedural success rateHigh procedural successHigh-risk lesionsGraft angioplastySVG angioplastyLate mortalityRepeat revascularizationBaseline characteristicsProcedural successRisk lesionsFavorable outcomeLesion characteristicsGraft treatmentMultivariate analysisAngioplastyLesions
2000
Procedural results and intermediate clinical outcomes after multiple saphenous vein graft stenting
Bhargava B, Kornowski R, Mehran R, Kent K, Hong M, Lansky A, Waksman R, Pichard A, Satler L, Leon M. Procedural results and intermediate clinical outcomes after multiple saphenous vein graft stenting. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2000, 35: 389-397. PMID: 10676686, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00564-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMid-term clinical outcomesSVG interventionClinical outcomesProcedural successOverall cardiac event-free survivalCardiac event-free survivalSaphenous vein graft angioplastyNon-Q-wave MIHospital procedural successVein graft angioplastyEvent-free survivalIntermediate clinical outcomesMajor complication rateOverall procedural successSaphenous vein graftsGraft angioplastyLesion revascularizationSimultaneous stentingSVG diseaseSVG groupSVG stentingLate mortalityComplication rateDistal embolizationMI ratesComparison of time course of target lesion revascularization following successful saphenous vein graft angioplasty versus successful native coronary angioplasty
Hong M, Mehran R, Dangas G, Mintz G, Lansky A, Kent K, Pichard A, Satler L, Stone G, Leon M. Comparison of time course of target lesion revascularization following successful saphenous vein graft angioplasty versus successful native coronary angioplasty. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2000, 85: 256-258. PMID: 10955387, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00634-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research