title: Stenting small coronary arteries using two second-generation slotted tube stents: acute and six-month clinical and angiographic results.
abstract: This prospective study assessed the feasibility, safety, as well as clinical and angiographic outcome after 6 months in 96 patients (100 lesions) treated by stent implantation after a suboptimal balloon angioplasty result in coronary arteries < 3 mm and with a lesion length < 25 mm. The lesions were randomized to treatment with BeStent small or NIR-7. Final quantitative coronary angiography was performed off line. Baseline reference diameter was 2.58 +/- 0.22 mm. Complex lesions constituted 52%, and 23% had unstable angina. Angiographic and procedural success was achieved in 98% and 94%, respectively. At follow-up, 88.5% were free of major adverse cardiac events. The overall restenosis rate was 22.5% (89% angiographic follow-up). There were no statistically significant differences between the stents regarding predefined endpoints. Thus, provisional stent treatment of small coronary arteries using BeStent small or NIR-7 is feasible, safe, and has a favorable clinical and angiographic mid-term outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, the Feiring Heart Clinic, Norway. moer@online.no
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moer
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Myreng
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mølstad
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ytre-Arne
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Sirnes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Golf
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents