Prognostic value of the Tei index combining systolic and diastolic myocardial performance in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated by successful primary angioplasty.

Cardiac systolic (left ventricular ejection fraction) and diastolic (mitral inflow velocity pattern and/or mitral deceleration time) function were reported as predictors of clinical outcome or left ventricular remodeling in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Recently, a new index (Doppler-derived index combining systolic and diastolic myocardial performance; Tei index) for combined systolic and diastolic ventricular function has been reported to be a useful and convenient method for evaluation of global ventricular function. We therefore investigated the usefulness of the Tei index by echocardiography for evaluation of infarct size and clinical outcome in patients with AMI treated by successful primary angioplasty.

Comparison of three-year clinical outcome of the multi-link stent with the Palmaz-Schatz stent in Japanese patients with coronary artery disease: a case control study.

Results of trials using the ACS Multi-Link (ML) stent, one of the new generation stents, were similar to or slightly better than those of trials using the Palmaz-Schatz (PS) stent. The purpose of this study was to compare long-term (3-year) clinical outcomes of patients with coronary artery disease treated with the ML stent to those treated with the PS stent. The present study consisted of 52 patients who underwent successful coronary ML stent implantation (ML group) and 52 matched control patients who underwent successful coronary PS stent implantation (PS group) from October 1997 to September 1999.

Coronary stent implantation in patients with a single coronary artery--a report of 3 cases.

An isolated single coronary artery is a rare congenital anomaly and a cause of cardiac ischemia, congestive heart failure, and sudden cardiac death. Reported here are 3 cases of single coronary artery with acute myocardial infarction in which coronary stenting was performed. Also reported are the coronary blood flow patterns of the right coronary artery arising from the single left coronary artery.

Clinical and angiographic results after MULTI-LINK stent implantation and their relation to aggregation of risk factors: two-year follow-up.

Results of trials using the ACS MULTI-LINK (ML) stent, one of the new generation stents, were similar to or slightly better than those of trials using the Palmaz-Shatz stent. The purpose of this study was to evaluate relatively long-term (2 years) clinical outcomes of patients with coronary artery disease treated with the ML stent and to determine independent factors correlated with target lesion revascularization and cardiac events. The present study consisted of 82 consecutive patients who had undergone successful coronary ML stent implantation from January 1997 to December 1999.

Long-term follow-up after coronary stent implantation in patients with coronary artery disease.

Prospective randomized trials of coronary stenting in patients with coronary artery disease have shown a reduced incidence of cardiac events. However, little is known of the late outcome of patients treated with coronary stenting. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relatively long-term clinical outcomes (3 to 6 years) of patients treated with successful coronary stenting.