title: Early and mid-term angiographic and clinical results after intracoronary duet stent placement.
abstract: The Duet stent (Guidant/Advanced Cardiovascular Systems) is a new stent with a corrugated ring design and very limited data on its short- and mid-term performance. Accordingly, in this study we sought to determine the early and mid-term clinical and angiographic outcomes in a moderate-sized series of 86 consecutive patients who underwent placement of 108 premounted Duet stents in 98 coronary lesions. Procedural success, accomplished in all patients, was accompanied by a significant reduction in lesion severity from 89% +/- 11% before to 5% +/- 3% diameter stenosis after the procedure (P = 0.0001) and a 0.9% incidence of subacute stent thrombosis. Angiographic restudy at 5.7 months in 89% of eligible patients revealed a binary in-stent restenosis rate of 26%. Coronary stenting with the new Duet stent confers a low risk of stent thrombosis and a favorable mid-term clinical and angiographic outcome despite the presence of a large proportion of patients at high risk of in-stent restenosis.
authors.affiliation: National Heart Centre of Singapore, Singapore. LAU_Kean_Wah@nhc.com.sg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: VK
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sigwart
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents