Open AccessCan Long‐Term Results Following Balloon Angioplasty Be the “Crystal Ball” to Predict Outcome Following Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds?
Author(s) -
Colombo Antonio,
Latib Azeem
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.112.005272
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , balloon , stent , interventional cardiology , bioresorbable scaffold , crystal ball , surgery , everolimus , percutaneous coronary intervention , cardiology , myocardial infarction , physics , particle physics
In this issue, Yamaji et al[1][1] report the very long-term (15-year) outcomes of patients treated successfully with balloon angioplasty (BA) compared with bare-metal stent implantation (BMS). Considering the major progresses made in interventional cardiology since the advent of BA, it would be