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Publication year: 2009<br><b>Source:</b> The American Journal of Cardiology, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 14 November 2009<br>Young Joon, Hong , Augusto D., Pichard , Gary S., Mintz , Sang Wook, Kim , Sung Yun, Lee , …<br><br>We sought to determine the outcome with undersized drug-eluting stents for percutaneous coronary intervention of saphenous vein graft lesions. Using intravascular ultrasound guidance, 209 saphenous vein graft lesions were treated with drug-eluting stents (153 sirolimus-eluting and 56 paclitaxel-eluting stents). The lesions were divided into 3 groups according to the ratio of the stent diameter to the average intravascular ultrasound reference lumen diameter: group I, <0.89; group II, 0.9 to 1.0; and group III, >1.0.

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