title: Effects of endoluminal coronary stents on the frequency of coronary artery bypass grafting after unsuccessful percutaneous transluminal coronary vascularization.
abstract: Coronary artery stents have been rapidly incorporated into clinical practice so that they are currently deployed in nearly 50% of all patients undergoing angioplasty procedures in a busy laboratory. A decline in the frequency of coronary bypass surgery for unsuccessful angioplasty is associated with this change in practice-a decline in the use of atherectomy devices and no increase in length of stay for angioplasty patients.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, The Washington Hospital Center, Washington D.C. 20010, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindsay
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Pinnow
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Pichard
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017225:Atherectomy, Coronary; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D017211:Treatment Failure