title: Clinical experience with the Palmaz-Schatz coronary stent.
abstract: Complications that occurred in 247 patients who underwent successful elective stenting to native coronary arteries with the Palmaz-Schatz balloon expandable stent included subacute thrombosis in 7 patients (2.8%), myocardial infarction in 3 (1.2%), death 3 (1.2%), urgent bypass surgery in 4 (1.6%) and major bleeding events in 24 (9.7%). Angiographic restenosis occurred in 21 (20%) of 103 patients who received a single stent. Subgroup analysis, however, revealed that restenosis of a single stent occurred in 3 (7%) of 45 patients without prior angioplasty compared with 25 (27%) of 91 patients with prior angioplasty. Patients with "suboptimal" angioplasty results (dis-section) who received a single stent seemed to have a higher thrombosis rate perioperatively (4 [4%] of 98), but no higher incidence of restenosis (7 [15%] of 46) than that of the total group of patients who received a single stent. Coronary stenting may be a valuable adjunct to coronary angioplasty in carefully selected patients. Complication rates are similar to those of routine angioplasty; however, angiographic restenosis may be reduced in certain subsets of patients.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division of Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California 92037.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Schatz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baim
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hirshfeld
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cleman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Topol
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data