Application of a continuous regression model of restenosis to saphenous vein grafts after successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or directional coronary atherectomy
Charles J. Bruce, MD*,
Richard E. Kuntz, MD
,
Jeffrey J. Popma, MD, FACC
,
Karen S. Pieper, MS
,
Eric J. Topol, MD, FACC|| and
David R. Holmes, Jr., MD, FACC*
* Division Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pieper Statistical Consulting, Weaverville, North Carolina, USA
|| Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Figure 1 Predicted late loss by early gain in CAVEAT-I.
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Figure 2 Predicted late loss by early gain in CAVEAT-II.
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