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Primary Stenting Versus Balloon Angioplasty in Occluded Coronary Arteries
Author(s) -
Christopher E. Buller,
Vladimír Džavík,
Ronald G. Carere,
G.B. John Mancini,
Gérald Barbeau,
Charles Lazzam,
Todd J. Anderson,
Merril L. Knudtson,
Jean-François Marquis,
Takahiko Suzuki,
Eric A. Cohen,
Rebecca S. Fox,
Koon Teo
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.100.3.236
Subject(s) - medicine , restenosis , angioplasty , cardiology , timi , coronary arteries , stent , stenosis , revascularization , balloon , clinical endpoint , angiography , artery , myocardial infarction , randomized controlled trial , percutaneous coronary intervention
Balloon angioplasty (PTCA) of occluded coronary arteries is limited by high rates of restenosis and reocclusion. Although stenting improves results in anatomically simple occlusions, its effect on patency and clinical outcome in a broadly selected population with occluded coronary arteries is unknown.

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