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Primary Stenting Versus Balloon Angioplasty in Occluded Coronary Arteries

Christopher E. Buller, Vladimír Džavík, Ronald G. Carere, G.B. John Mancini, Gérald Barbeau, Charles Lazzam, Todd J. Anderson, Merril L. Knudtson, Jean-François Marquis, Takahiko Suzuki,

Circulation · 1999 · 268 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

Primary stenting of broadly selected nonacute coronary occlusions is superior to PTCA alone, improving late patency and reducing restenosis and target-vessel revascularization.

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A Comparison of Balloon-Expandable-Stent Implantation with Balloon Angioplasty in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Patrick W. Serruys, Peter de Jaegere, Ferdinand Kiemeneij et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1994 · 4.5K citations · Full text

A Randomized Comparison of Coronary-Stent Placement and Balloon Angioplasty in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease

David L. Fischman, Martin B. Leon, Donald S. Baim et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1994 · 4.2K citations · Full text

Randomised placebo-controlled and balloon-angioplasty-controlled trial to assess safety of coronary stenting with use of platelet glycoprotein-IIb/IIIa blockade

T Epistent Investigators · The Lancet · 1998 · 1.4K citations

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Randomised placebo-controlled and balloon-angioplasty-controlled trial to assess safety of coronary stenting with use of platelet glycoprotein-IIb/IIIa blockade

Eric J. Topol · The Lancet · 1998 · 1.1K citations

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Heparin-Coated Palmaz-Schatz Stents in Human Coronary Arteries

Patrick W. Serruys, Håkan Emanuelsson, Wim van der Giessen et al. · Circulation · 1996 · 404 citations