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Clinical and Angiographic Outcomes After Multi-Link PENTA Stent Implantation in Japanese Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

March 3, 2006   Categories: New articles  Posted by admin

The flexibility of the Multi-Link (ML) PENTA stent with platform 0.09 to 0.12-mm-thick struts and 12% to 16% metal/artery coverage was improved to facilitate safe delivery in complex coronary lesions. The present study was designed to evaluate the clinical (9-month) and angiographic (6-month) results of the ML PENTA stent in complex coronary lesions (modified American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association lesion type B2 or C) and to determine independent factors correlated with target lesion revascularization.

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