Abstract
Conventional balloon angioplasty of long coronary lesions has been associated with suboptimal angiographic results, increased incidence of acute ischemic complications, and increased incidence of long-term repeat revascularization procedures.1–7 Several randomized trials have demonstrated that stenting is superior to balloon angioplasty in reducing the incidence of repeat revascularization procedures.8,9 However, patients with long coronary lesions have been consistently excluded from randomized trials comparing stenting with balloon angioplasty. The present study evaluates the effect of coronary stenting versus balloon angioplasty at 1 year in patients with short, intermediate, and long coronary lesions.
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