Abstract:OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to determine the relationship between the diameter of coronary artery stents and age, gender, diabetes mellitus (DM), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), renal dysfunction, and the clinical presentation of myocardial ischemia in the cohort of patients with implanted stents in coronary arteries with severe stenotic lesions.METHODS:This study included 2256 patients (mean age, 59.3±10.9 years; men, 62%) who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The clinical status o… Show more
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