title: Clinical and angiographic follow-up after single long GFX coronary stent implantation.
abstract: In order to identify predictors of late restenosis after GFX stent implantation, procedural and 6-month clinical and angiographic follow-up data of prospectively entered 141 consecutive lesions treated with a single long (24 or 30 mm) GFX stent were compared to 66 consecutive lesions requiring a single short (12 or 18 mm) stent. The initial clinical success rate of 97% and thrombosis rate of 1.4% with long stents were similar to 97% and 0% with short stents (P = NS). Their respective binary restenosis rates were 34.7% and 23.3% for long and short stents as a whole (P = NS), but being 10.0% for 12 mm, 26.0% for 18 mm, 31.3% for 24 mm, and 39.2% for 30 mm. When proximal and distal reference diameters at baseline were compared between the lesions with and without restenosis, proximal reference diameters were not statistically different (3.02+/-0.42 mm vs. 3.18+/-0.62 mm) and the restenosis group had significantly smaller distal reference diameters (2.15+/-0.48 mm vs. 2.55+/-0.53 mm, P<0.0001). The treatment of long lesions with single long-stent implantation can be accomplished with high success and low complication rates. Single long-stent implantation may be effective, if the distal reference size of the long narrowing is big enough to accept the stent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yufu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokoi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hamasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nosaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nobuyoshi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011336:Probability; D012008:Recurrence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects; D015996:Survival Rate