title: Provisional stenting--stent-like balloon angioplasty: evidence to define the continuing role of balloon angioplasty for percutaneous coronary revascularization.
abstract: To clarify the current role of balloon angioplasty in interventional cardiology, in an era of increasing development of new devices, especially stents, we performed a retrospective comparative evaluation within the well-known BENESTENT trial. We defined a balloon angioplasty result of diameter stenosis less than 30% by quantitative angiography a 'stent-like' result and compared 6-month angiographic and 1-year clinical outcome with patients undergoing Palmaz-Schatz stent implantation. Patients having a so-defined 'stent-like' result had similar angiographic and clinical outcomes to patients receiving a stent. It is concluded that achievement of a postangioplasty diameter stenosis less than 30% may be considered clinically equivalent to the average result of Palmaz-Schatz stent implantation.
authors.affiliation: Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Academic Hospital of Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Serruys
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents