A comparison of short- and long-term outcomes for balloon angioplasty and coronary stent placement
Edward L. Hannan, PhD*,
Michael J. Racz, MA*,
Djavad T. Arani, MD, FACC
,
Ben D. McCallister, MD, FACC
,
Gary Walford, MD, FACC
and
Thomas J. Ryan, MD, FACC#
* State University of New York, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA
Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, New York, USA
Mid-America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
St. Josephs Hospital, Syracuse, New York, USA
# Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Figure 1 Ninety-five percent confidence intervals for the adjusted hazard ratio of balloon angioplasty/stent placement for patient death within a two-year period (for all patients and for eight subgroups of patients).
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Figure 2 Adjusted Kaplan-Meier curves for mortality, subsequent CABG and subsequent PCI for balloon angioplasty versus stent placement.
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Figure 3 Ninety-five percent confidence intervals for the adjusted hazard ratio of balloon angioplasty/stent placement for CABG within a two-year period (for all patients and for eight subgroups of patients).
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Figure 4 Ninety-five percent confidence intervals for the adjusted hazard ratio of balloon angioplasty/stent placement for subsequent PCI within a two-year period (for all patients and for eight subgroups of patients).
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