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Optimal coronary balloon angioplasty with provisional stenting versus primary stent (OCBAS)

Immediate and long-term follow-up results

Alfredo Rodríguez, MD, PhD, FACC^*, Francisco Ayala, MD^*, Victor Bernardi, MD^*, Omar Santaera, MD^*, Eugenio Marchand, MD^*, Cesar Pardiñas, MD^*, Carlos Mauvecin, MD^*, Daniel Vogel, MD^*, Lari C. Harrell, BS, Igor F. Palacios, MD, FACC on behalf of the OCBAS investigators

^* Cardiac Unit Otamendi/Anchorena Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cardiac Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Cumulative distribution function curves of reference diameter and MLD before, after and at follow-up in the stent group (A) and in the PTCA group (B). Circle = reference diameter; square = MLD post; open triangle = MLD pre; solid triangle = MLD follow-up.

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 One-year event-free survival of patients randomized to stent or optimal PTCA.