American Heart Journal
Volume 151, Issue 4 , Pages 915.e1-915.e7 , April 2006

Six-month outcomes after percutaneous intervention for lesions in aortocoronary saphenous vein grafts using distal protection devices: Results from the FIRE trial

  • Amir Halkin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY
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  • A. Zaki Masud, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Interventional Unit, Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, NY
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  • Campbell Rogers, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • James Hermiller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
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  • Robert Feldman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ocala Heart Institute, Munroe Regional Medical Center, Ocala, FL
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  • Patrick Hall, MD

      Affiliations

    • Providence Heart Institute, Providence Hospital, Columbia, SC
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  • Robert H. Haber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sanger Clinic, Carolinas HealthCare, Charlotte, NC
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  • Patrick A. Cambier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, CA
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  • Ron P. Caputo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Laboratory, St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse, NY
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  • Mark Turco, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Institute, Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park, MD
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  • Richard Kovach, MD

      Affiliations

    • New Jersey heart Institute, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Camden, NJ
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  • Bruce Brodie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Moses Cone Heart and Vascular Center, Moses Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro, NC
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  • Howard C. Herrmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Richard E. Kuntz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Jeffrey J. Popma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Steve Ramee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, LA
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  • David A. Cox, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Mid Carolina Cardiology, Charlotte, NC
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  • Roxana Mehran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY
    • Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
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  • Gregg W. Stone, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY
    • Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gregg W. Stone, MD, The Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Columbia University Medical Center, 55 E 59th St, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022.

Received 27 May 2005 ,Accepted 15 September 2005.

  • Image Result

    Freedom from 6-month MACE in patients treated either with the FilterWire EX (solid line) or the GuardWire (broken line) devices.

    Freedom from 6-month MACE in patients treated either with the FilterWire EX (solid line) or the GuardWire (broken line) devices.

  • Image Result

    Six-month out-of-hospital MACE rates in patients stratified by postprocedural CK-MB levels. Time point 0 signifies hospital discharge. P values are for comparisons between patients with (dashed line)

    Six-month out-of-hospital MACE rates in patients stratified by postprocedural CK-MB levels. Time point 0 signifies hospital discharge. P values are for comparisons between patients with (dashed line) versus without (solid and dotted lines) postintervention CK-MB ratio >3.

PII: S0002-8703(05)00874-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.09.018

American Heart Journal
Volume 151, Issue 4 , Pages 915.e1-915.e7 , April 2006

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