Rationale and design of the Patient Related OuTcomes with Endeavor versus Cypher stenting Trial (PROTECT): randomized controlled trial comparing the incidence of stent thrombosis and clinical events after sirolimus or zotarolimus drug-eluting stent implanEdoardo Camenzind
Cardiology Department, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
Am Heart J 158:902-909.e5. 2009
..This large, international, randomized, controlled trial will provide important information on comparative rates of stent thrombosis between 2 different DES systems and safety as assessed by patient-relevant long-term clinical outcomes...
Stent thrombosis and major clinical events at 3 years after zotarolimus-eluting or sirolimus-eluting coronary stent implantation: a randomised, multicentre, open-label, controlled trialEdoardo Camenzind
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Lancet 380:1396-405. 2012
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Stent thrombosis late after implantation of first-generation drug-eluting stents: a cause for concernEdoardo Camenzind
University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel-Servet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Circulation 115:1440-55; discussion 1455. 2007
Coronary myocardial bridge: an innocent bystander?Robert F Bonvini
Cardiology Center, University Hospital of Geneva, 24 Rue Micheli du Crest, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Heart Vessels 23:67-70. 2008
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Intimal smooth muscle cells of porcine and human coronary artery express S100A4, a marker of the rhomboid phenotype in vitroAnne C Brisset
Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Circ Res 100:1055-62. 2007
..It is also a marker of a large population of human atheromatous and restenotic SMCs. Clarifying S100A4 function might be useful to understand the evolution of atherosclerotic and restenotic processes...
Subendocardial calcification leading to the fortuitous discovery of a rare coronary anomalyThomas Christen
Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Clin Cardiol 29:374. 2006
High-risk left main coronary stenting supported by percutaneous left ventricular assist deviceRobert Francis Bonvini
Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 66:209-12. 2005
..This case illustrates a successful distal left main coronary artery V-stenting supported by the Tandem Heart in a patient with severe left ventricular dysfunction, severe aortic stenosis, and refractory myocardial ischemia...
Site-specific intracoronary delivery of octreotide in humans: a pharmacokinetic study to determine dose-efficacy in restenosis preventionEdoardo Camenzind
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, University of Geneva, Switzerland
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 43:133-9. 2004
..This approach is proposed for the determination of the appropriate site-specific coronary infusion dose for the inhibition of restenosis after balloon angioplasty...
Vascular responses at proximal and distal edges of paclitaxel-eluting stents: serial intravascular ultrasound analysis from the TAXUS II trialPatrick W Serruys
Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Circulation 109:627-33. 2004
..We used serial intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to prospectively analyze vessel responses in adjacent reference segments after implantation of polymer-controlled paclitaxel-eluting stents...
Inhibition of restenosis with a paclitaxel-eluting, polymer-free coronary stent: the European evaLUation of pacliTaxel Eluting Stent (ELUTES) trialAnthony Gershlick
Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
Circulation 109:487-93. 2004
..CONCLUSIONS: Paclitaxel applied directly to the abluminal surface of a bare metal coronary stent, at a dose density of 2.7 microg/mm2, reduced angiographic indicators of in-stent restenosis without short- or medium-term side effects...
An Internet-based registry examining the efficacy of heparin coating in patients undergoing coronary stent implantationRoxana Mehran
Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY 10022, USA
Am Heart J 150:1171-6. 2005
..Heparin coating is an attractive alternative to counterbalance intrinsic stent thrombogenicity and to decrease the incidence of stent thrombosis...
Treatment of in-stent restenosis--back to the future?Edoardo Camenzind
N Engl J Med 355:2149-51. 2006
DES, not always the best!Stéphane Zaza
Crit Care Med 32:2166; author reply 2166. 2004
Comparison of neointimal formation in polymer-free paclitaxel stents versus stainless stents (from the ASPECT and ELUTES randomized clinical trials)Grzegorz L Kałuza
The Methodist DeBakey Heart Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Am J Cardiol 94:199-201. 2004
..05). Also, significantly shorter lesion lengths at 6-month follow-up were observed for the doses of 0.7 to 3.1 microg/mm(2) (p <0.03) relative to their respective lengths before the procedure compared with control stents...