Impact of stent diameter on outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention with second-generation drug-eluting stents: Results from a large single-center registry.
Anna PlittBimmer E ClaessenSamantha SartoriUsman BaberJaya ChandrasekharMelissa AquinoPooja VijaySherif ElsayedJason C KovacicJoseph SweenyNitin BarmanPedro MorenoPrakash KrishnanAntonia DemopoulosGeorge D DangasAnnapoorna S KiniRoxana MehranSamin K SharmaPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)
In a large cohort of patients undergoing PCI with second-generation DES, smaller SD was associated with increased MACE, driven by higher rates of repeat revascularization. Further research into the optimal treatment of small coronary arteries is warranted.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- acute myocardial infarction
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- patients undergoing
- acute coronary syndrome
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- coronary artery
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery bypass
- combination therapy
- heart failure
- optical coherence tomography