Coronary stents in the management of coronary artery disease review of first 100 stents.

This is a review of the first 100 coronary stents implanted for the indications of PTCA restenosis, acute or threatened closure and De Novo lesions. The success rates were high and complications rates were low. Subacute stent thrombosis rates were low and stenting for De Novo lesions in > 3.

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in the treatment of coronary artery disease--the local experience: a review of 100 cases.

This paper reviews our first 100 consecutive PTCAs done between December 1988 and May 1990. There were 31 females and 69 males and their ages ranged from 37 years to 80 years. The mean age was 57.