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Angiographic and clinical outcome following coronary stenting of small vessels

A comparison with coronary stenting of large vessels

Tatsuro Akiyama, MD^*, Issam Moussa, MD, Bernhard Reimers, MD^*, Massimo Ferraro, RT^*, Yoshio Kobayashi, MD^*, Simonetta Blengino, MD^*, Lucia Di Francesco, PhD^*, Leo Finci, MD^*, Carlo Di Mario, MD, PhD, FACC^* and Antonio Colombo, MD, FACC^*

^* Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York, USA

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Comparison of loss index in group I (large vessels) and group II (small vessels).

View larger version (42K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Restenosis rates with different stent designs in group I (large vessels) and group II (small vessels).

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for the combined end point of death, myocardial infarction, coronary bypass surgery or target lesion revascularization during the first 12 months after stenting in each group.

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Figure 4 Linear regression plot of acute lumen gain and baseline angiographic reference diameter.