Conflicts of Interest
stenosis
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, CARDIAC EVENT, EVENT, AMI, STENOSIS
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.Delivery of self-expanding drug-eluting stent. (a) Stent is mounted on a semi-compliant balloon and is restrained by a splittable sheath. (b) Balloon inflation splits the sheath and releases the self-expanding stent. (c) Balloon is then deflated, leaving the 0.0032″ sheath between the stent and the vessel wall. (d) Balloon and sheath are then withdrawn leaving the stent opposed to the vessel wall. The two radiopaque stent markers are located at the edges of the stent (red arrows). With permission by STENTYS.(a) SVG of RCA with stenosis located in proximal shaft: (b) modified floating wire technique. (a) SVG-stenosis located in proximal shaft, SExS (Xposition S® 3.0–3.5 ∗ 27 mm) implantation (A), sheath retrieval (B) with support of coronary wire (C). (b) Proximal SVG-RCA stenosis with implantation of Xposition S 3.0–3.5 ∗ 27 mm, sheath retrieval with insertion of an additional wire through the guiding catheter floating free in the ascending aorta => prevention of deep intubation with possible subsequent distal wire perforation. RCA = right coronary artery; SVG = saphenous vein graft; SExS: self-expanding drug eluting stent.Retrospective data analysis. SVG = saphenous vein graft; SExS = self-expanding drug eluting stent; BExS = balloon expanding drug eluting stent; BMS = bare metal stent; DEB = drug eluting balloon; and POBA = plane old balloon angioplasty.(a) MACE timeline of SExS and BExS patient groups. MACE = major adverse cardiac event; SExS = self-expanding drug eluting stent; BExS = balloon expanding drug eluting stent; TVR = target vessel revascularization; TLR = target lesion revascularization; AMI = acute myocardial infarction. (b) Mean event rates in BExS patient group compared to SExS group. SExS = self-expanding drug eluting stent; BExS = balloon expanding drug eluting stent; MACE = major adverse cardiac event; AMI = acute myocardial infarction; TLR = target lesion revascularization; TVR = target vessel revascularization.(a) Kaplan–Meier curve for cumulative MACE-free survival within 30 days in BExS and SExS patient groups (log rank Forest plot depicting hazard ratios of several covariates. Statistical significance (Patient characteristics.Values are number (Procedural characteristics.Values are number (Outcome.Values are number (