Percutaneous coronary interventional strategies for treatment of in-stent restenosis: a network meta-analysis

GCM Siontis, GG Stefanini, D Mavridis, KC Siontis… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents is the
standard of care for treatment of native coronary artery stenoses, but optimum treatment …

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: long-term follow-up of a large series of patients prospectively managed with a “conservative” therapeutic strategy

F Alfonso, M Paulo, V Lennie, J Dutary… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2012 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to assess the long-term clinical outcome of patients with
spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCD) managed with a conservative strategy …

Clinical impact of intravascular ultrasound guidance in drug-eluting stent implantation for unprotected left main coronary disease: pooled analysis at the patient-level …

JM de la Torre Hernandez, JA Baz Alonso… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2014 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to investigate the clinical impact of the use of intravascular
ultrasound (IVUS) during revascularization of patients with left main coronary artery (LM) …

Paclitaxel-coated balloon angioplasty vs. drug-eluting stenting for the treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis: a comprehensive, collaborative, individual patient data …

D Giacoppo, F Alfonso, B Xu… - European Heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims Consensus is lacking regarding the best treatment for coronary in-stent restenosis
(ISR). The two most effective treatments are angioplasty with paclitaxel-coated balloon …

Drug-coated balloon angioplasty versus drug-eluting stent implantation in patients with coronary stent restenosis

D Giacoppo, F Alfonso, B Xu, BEPM Claessen… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - jacc.org
Background In patients with coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) requiring reintervention, it is
unclear if the choice of treatment should depend on whether the restenotic stent was a bare …

Implantation of a drug-eluting stent with a different drug (switch strategy) in patients with drug-eluting stent restenosis: results from a prospective multicenter study …

F Alfonso, MJ Pérez-Vizcayno, J Dutary, J Zueco… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2012 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to assess the effectiveness of a strategy of using drug-eluting
stents (DES) with a different drug (switch) in patients with DES in-stent restenosis (ISR) …

Coronary stenting versus balloon angioplasty in small vessels: a meta-analysis from 11 randomized studies

R Moreno, C Fernández, F Alfonso… - Journal of the American …, 2004 - jacc.org
Objectives: A meta-analysis of 11 randomized trials was done to compare stenting versus
balloon angioplasty (BA) in small coronary vessels. Background: Randomized studies on …

Combined use of optical coherence tomography and intravascular ultrasound imaging in patients undergoing coronary interventions for stent thrombosis

F Alfonso, J Dutary, M Paulo, N Gonzalo… - Heart, 2012 - heart.bmj.com
Objective This prospective study sought to assess the diagnostic value of optical coherence
tomography (OCT) compared with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in patients presenting …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment of patients with in-stent restenosis

F Alfonso, MJ Pérez-Vizcayno, A Cruz… - …, 2009 - eurointervention.pcronline.com
Abstract Treatment of patients with in-stent restenosis (ISR) remains a technical challenge.
This problem has been reduced since the advent of drug-eluting stents (DES), but continues …

Intravascular ultrasound findings during episodes of drug-eluting stent thrombosis

F Alfonso, A Suárez, MJ Pérez-Vizcayno… - Journal of the American …, 2007 - jacc.org
To the Editor: Drug-eluting stents (DES) represent a breakthrough in interventional
cardiology but have been unable to reduce the incidence of stent thrombosis (1–2). Delayed …