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Stent implantation without predilation in patients with a single, noncalcified coronary artery lesion
G B Danzi1, C Capuano, L Fiocca
1Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Casa di Cura Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy. newpoli@tin.it
The American Journal of Cardiology
|November 24, 1999
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of stent implantation without predilation in patients with a single, noncalcified coronary artery lesion. A total of 122 patients were randomized to receive a stent with or without predilation; direct stent placement was possible in 59 of the 61 patients (97%) with an immediate and long-term clinical follow-up similar to that observed in the group of patients treated conventionally.