Coronary stenting without predilatation in acute coronary syndromes / 中国介入心脏病学杂志

Objective The aim of this study was to asses the success rate, lesion characteristics and complication in acute coronary syndromes treated by direct coronary stenting Methods 92 patients with acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina were divided into the direct stenting ( n =32) and stent implantation with balloon predilatation (conventional stenting, n =60) groups The clinical data, characteristics of target vessels ,success rate and complications were compared between two groups Results The age in direct stenting groups was much younger than that in conventional stenting group (53 14?9 18 vs, 64 28?12 36, P