Evaluation of the effect of oral verapamil on clinical outcome and angiographic restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention
The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter verapamil slow-release for prevention of cardiovascular events after angioplasty (VESPA) trial
Hans-Peter Bestehorn, MD*,*,
Franz-Josef Neumann, MD*,
Heinz Joachim Büttner, MD*,
Peter Betz, MD, PhD*,
Peter Stürzenhofecker, MD
,
Eberhard von Hodenberg, MD
,
Antoine Verdun, MD
,
Laszlo Levai, MD
,
Jean Pierre Monassier, MD|| and
Helmut Roskamm, MD*
* Herz-Zentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany
Herz-und Gefäßklinik Bad Neustadt, Bad Neustadt, Germany
Herz-Zentrum Lahr, Lahr, Germany
Clinic St. Joseph Colmar, Colmar, France
|| Hospital Emil Müller, Mulhouse, France

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Figure 1 Trial profile. PCI = percutaneous catheter intervention.
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Figure 2 Cumulative distribution curves for percent diameter stenosis at follow-up in the two treatment groups.
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Copyright © 2004 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.