Stented segment length as an independent predictor of restenosis
Yoshio Kobayashi, MDa,
Joseph De Gregorio, MDa,
Nobuyuki Kobayashi, MDa,
Tatsuro Akiyama, MDa,
Bernhard Reimers, MDa,
Leo Finci, MD, FACCa,
Carlo Di Mario, MD, FACCa and
Antonio Colombo, MD, FACCa
a Centro Cuore Columbus, Via Buonarroti 48, 20145 Milan, Italy
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Figure 1 Restenosis rates after stenting in all lesions (A). Subgroup analysis in lesions with a single stent (B), those with slotted tube stents (C), those without total or subtotal occlusion before the procedure (D), those without acute or threatened closure after PTCA (E) and those with IVUS optimization (F).
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Figure 2 The relation between stented segment length and lesion length. There was a significant correlation between lesion length and stented segment length (p < 0.01). In most of the lesions, stented segment length was longer than lesion length (above dashed line).
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