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Preliminary experience with the V‐Flex Plus coronary stent: Immediate and one‐month clinical outcome
Author(s) -
Rhydwen G. Ranyl,
Webster Mark W.I.,
Ruygrok Peter N.,
Ormiston John A.,
O'Shaughnessy Barbara,
Stewart James T.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199908)47:4<504::aid-ccd23>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , surgery , circumflex , myocardial infarction , balloon , revascularization , unstable angina , aneurysm , cardiology , artery
Procedural and 1‐month outcome data following implantation of the V‐Flex Plus stent in our first 54 consecutive patients (35 male; mean age, 62 years) are described. Sixty‐four stents were implanted for 60 mainly complex lesions; 48% were left anterior descending; 20%, circumflex; 27%, right coronary artery; and 5%, saphenous vein graft. The indication for stenting was elective in half of the patients and for a suboptimal result or as a bailout procedure in the other half. The stents were deployed at a mean of 12 atm (range, 6–18) and postdilated to a mean of 15 atm (range, 8–20). Pre‐ and postdilatation balloon sizes were 2.96 ± 0.57 mm and 3.16 ± 0.34 mm, respectively. The procedural success rate was 98%. There were no deaths or Q‐wave myocardial infarctions. One patient suffered a non–Q‐wave myocardial infarction and another developed a femoral false aneurysm. At 1‐month follow‐up, there were no additional events, in particular no revascularization procedures. Eighty‐nine percent of patients were free of angina. Implantation of the V‐Flex Plus stent is safe and effective with an excellent early success rate comparable to that of published randomized trials and registries of carefully selected patients. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 47:504–508, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.