TCTAP A-014 Complete Versus Target-Vessel Revascularization in NSTEMI Patients

Complete versus incomplete revascularization in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease treated with drug-eluting stents.

BACKGROUND The clinical impact of completeness of revascularization on adverse cardiovascular events remains unclear among patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS This analysis included consecutive patients with multivessel CAD, who underwent PCI with drug-eluting stents (DES) during the period from January 1, 2003, ...

Validation of a risk score for target vessel revascularization after coronary stent implantation.

OBJECTIVE Our aim was to validate a risk score for new target vessel revascularization (TVR) after bare-metal stent (BMS) implantation. METHODS The risk score was developed in a cohort of patients previously treated with BMS at our institution. This risk score ranges from 0 to 5 points, according to the presence of diabetes mellitus (1 point), reference vessel diameter (> 3.5 mm = 0 points; 3...

Thiazolidinediones and risk of repeat target vessel revascularization following percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVE Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) (rosiglitazone and pioglitazone) are a class of antidiabetes agents that have a high affinity for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma. TZDs initiate a multitude of physiologic processes that may elicit benefits as systemic agents for the prevention of restenosis requiring revascularization following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Numer...

Complete revascularization in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction.

OBJECTIVE This study evaluates whether patients with coronary artery disease and severely depressed left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) benefit from complete revascularization by multivessel coronary artery bypass. METHODS From April 1994 to May 2002, 42 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) at our institution had impaired left ventricular (LV) function [an eject...

Complete revascularization in contemporary practice.