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

L. Fischman, David; B. Leon, Martin; S. Baim, Donald; A. Schatz, Richard; P. Savage, Michael; M. Penn, Ian; M. Detre, Katherine; Veltri, Lisa; R. Ricci, Donald; Nobuyoshi, Masakiyo; Cleman, Michael; R. Heuser, Richard; Almond, D; S. Teirstein, Paul; David Fish, R.; Colombo, Antonio; Brinker, Jeffrey; Moses, Jeffrey; Shaknovich, Alex; W. Hirshfeld, John; R. Bailey, Stephen; G. Ellis, Stephen; Rake, Randal; Goldberg, Sheldon

doi:10.1056/nejm199408253310802

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

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Aug 25, 1994

Authors:

David L. Fischman

Martin B. Leon

Donald S. Baim

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Coronary-stent placement is a new technique in which a balloon-expandable, stainless-steel, slotted tube is implanted at the site of a coronary stenosis. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of stent placement and standard balloon angioplasty on angiographically detected ...

Subject

Medicine

Angioplasty

Cardiology

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