title: Efficacy and safety of early coronary stenting for unstable angina.
abstract: To determine the efficacy and safety of early coronary stenting for unstable angina, we studied 91 consecutive patients with unstable angina. Thirty-one patients underwent stenting 72 h or more after admission, and another 60 patients underwent stenting within 72 h of admission. The clinical and angiographic follow-up had been done for 6 mo. There were no differences between the baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics of both groups. The maximum balloon pressure was higher (14.1 +/- 1.2 vs. 12.6 +/- 0.9, P < 0.01) and the hospital stay was shorter (9.7 +/- 2.7 vs. 18.7 +/- 5.8 d, P < 0.0001) in the early stenting group. These two groups were similar in the clinical success rate (90.0% vs. 93.5%), without any abrupt closure, subacute thrombosis, death, myocardial infarction, or coronary bypass surgery. These findings indicate that early stenting can be useful in patients with unstable angina.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Baba Memorial Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawarabayashi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000628:therapy*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012449:Safety; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome