Sirolimus-eluting stents compared with standard stents in the treatment of patients with primary angioplasty.

Background: Sirolimus-eluting stents have been shown to decrease restenosis and reintervention as compared with standard stents. We evaluated the use of sirolimus-eluting stents in primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation.

Methods: We randomly assigned 120 patients to compare sirolimus-eluting stents with uncoated stents in primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation.

[Percutaneous treatment of bifurcation lesions by crush T stenting: immediate and medium-term outcomes].

Introduction And Objectives: Percutaneous coronary intervention for coronary bifurcations is usually associated with a low success rate, a high rate of complications, and a more frequent need for target lesion revascularization. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate immediate and medium-term clinical and angiographic outcomes after the application of crush T stenting.

Methods: This approach to bifurcation stenting follows the same steps as modified T stenting.