Interventional cardiology: does stent overlap make a difference to clinical outcome?
The impact of overlap of drug-eluting stents on clinical and angiographic outcomes is controversial. Individuals with long coronary lesions requiring implantation of multiple stents are an important patient subgroup for whom careful evaluation and decision-making with optimal stent deployment is needed to ensure the best possible short-term and long-term results.
Colombo
Antonio
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Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO-GVM Centro Cuore Columbus Hospital, Via Buonarroti 48, 20145 Milan, Italy. info@emocolumbus.it
Al-Lamee
Rasha
R
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome