Comparison of the long-term safety and efficacy of drug-eluting and bare-metal stent implantation in saphenous vein grafts

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-256

  Latib, Azeem ^a,b,c   Ferri, Luca ^a   Ielasi, Alfonso ^a   Cosgrave, John ^b   Godino, Cosmo ^a,b   Bonizzoni, Erminio ^d   Romagnoli, Enrico ^a   Chieffo, Alaide ^a   Valgimigli, Marco ^e   Penzo, Carlo ^e   Carlino, Mauro ^a   Michev, Iassen ^a   Sangiorgi, Giuseppe M ^b   Montorfano, Matteo ^a   Airoldi, Flavio ^a,b   Colombo, Antonio ^a,b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b EMO GVM CENTRO CUORE COLUMBUS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Saphenous vein graft; Stent thrombosis; Stents

Indexed keywords

'TAXUS'; CYPHER; PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARE METAL STENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 77955890949     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.109.929042     Document Type: Article

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