title: Angiographic and clinical one-year follow-up of the Cordis tantalum coil stent in a multicenter international study demonstrating improved restenosis rates when compared to pooled PTCA and BENESTENT-I data: the European Antiplatelet Stent Investigation (EASI).
abstract: The Cordis tantalum coil stent was assessed in a nonrandomized multicenter trial: 275 patients with stable or unstable angina were entered. Clinical follow-up was for 1 year, with repeat angiography at 6 months. The major adverse cardiac event rates (MACE) were 3%, 14%, and 17% at 1, 7, and 13 months, respectively. The procedural success rate was 96% and the subacute occlusion rate 1.5%, in a group of patients over 60% of whom had ACC/AHA type B2 or C lesions. The binary restenosis rate at 6 months was 17.3%. Minimum lumen diameter increased from 1.07 +/- 0.28 mm preprocedure to 2.93 +/- 0.34 mm poststenting and at 6 months was 1.99 +/- 0.69 mm. These results demonstrate that the Cordis tantalum stent can be used to treat complex lesions with good procedural success and low rates of subacute thrombosis and restenosis at 6 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, the London Chest Hospital, London, England. rothcons@dircon.co.uk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rothman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Serruys
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grollier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoorntje
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Den Bos
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wijns
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gershlick
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authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Es
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Melkert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eijgelshoven
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lenderink
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authors.lastname: Richardson
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authors.lastname: Dille-Amo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents