Procedural results and late clinical outcomes after percutaneous interventions using long (≥25 mm) versus short (<20 mm) stents

Procedural results and late clinical outcomes after placement of three or more stents in single coronary lesions.

BACKGROUND Previous reports have suggested higher procedural and long-term complications among patients treated with multiple stents for diffuse lesions and/or long dissections. METHODS AND RESULTS To evaluate procedural success, major complications, and clinical outcomes (> or = 1 year) in a consecutive series of patients treated with multiple (> or = 3) contiguous stents in single lesions, ...

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Short-term Versus Long-term Outcomes After Open or Percutaneous Release for Trigger Thumb.

Good outcomes have been reported after both open and percutaneous surgery to release trigger thumb. This study evaluated short-term and long-term outcomes after treatment of trigger thumb with open or percutaneous release. A total of 126 trigger thumbs in 107 patients were reviewed from 2009 to 2012. Short-term (3 months) and long-term results (2 years) and complications of open release (58 dig...

Comparison of resolute zotarolimus-eluting stents and sirolimus-eluting stents in patients with de novo long coronary artery lesions: a randomized LONG-DES IV trial.

BACKGROUND Procedural and clinical outcomes still remain unfavorable for patients with long coronary lesions who undergo stent-based coronary interventions. Therefore, we compared the relative efficacy and safety of resolute zotarolimus-eluting stents (R-ZES) and sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) for patients with de novo long coronary lesions. METHODS AND RESULTS This randomized, multicenter, p...

Differences in HBM and MM test results

HBM and MM are important standards for ESD testing and typically correlate well. In some notable cases however, MM shows much lower failure levels than HBM. One of the most important physical mechanisms responsible for this is dynamic avalanching. This paper provides an example of such a dynamic avalanching failure, and includes a description of the physics involved. The correlation between HBM...