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Intracoronary stenting and angiographic results: strut thickness effect on restenosis outcome (ISAR-STEREO-2) trial

J.ürgen Pache, MD^*, Adnan Kastrati, MD^*,*, Julinda Mehilli, MD^*, Helmut Schühlen, MD, Franz Dotzer, MD, J.örg Hausleiter, MD^*, Martin Fleckenstein, MD, Franz-Josef Neumann, MD, Ulrich Sattelberger, MD, Claus Schmitt, MD^*, Martina Müller^*, Josef Dirschinger, MD^* and Albert Schömig, MD^*

^* Deutsches Herzzentrum, Munich, Germany
1. Medizinische Klinik rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
Medizinische Klinik I, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Medizinische Klinik I, Ingolstadt, Germany

View larger version (23K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Cumulative distribution curves of early ("acute") lumen gain (enlargement of lumen achieved by stenting and measured immediately after the procedure) and late lumen loss (lumen narrowing occurred during the period between intervention and follow-up angiography at 6 months). Note that similar early results (as indicated by the curves depicting early lumen gain) do not necessarily translate into similar results at 6 months (as indicated by the curves depicting late lumen loss).

View larger version (43K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Incidence of angiographic (left) and clinical (right) restenosis in each group.