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A view of vascular stents.

Author(s) -

Richard A. Schatz

Publication year - 1989

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.79.2.445

Subject(s) - medicine , stent , fractional flow reserve , cardiology , interventional cardiology , psychological intervention , clinical practice , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction , family medicine , psychiatry

D espite innovative new techniques in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) during the past 10 years, restenosis rates continue to occur at about 30% in subtotal lesions,' about 50% in chronic total occlusions,2 and up to 80% in saphenous vein bypass grafts.3 Although mortality remains acceptably low, urgent bypass surgery after unsuccessful angioplasty continues to be necessary in up to 4% of patients with a significant morbidity.4 The purpose of this article is to evaluate vascular stents as a possible solution to abrupt closure and restenosis in humans. Early experimental work and

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