Latin American randomized trial of balloon angioplasty vs coronary stenting for small vessels (LASMAL): Immediate and long-term results

The use of a specifically designed bare metal coronary phosphoril choline-coated stent as primary device during percutaneous interventions in small coronary arteries was associated with high procedural success and low in-hospital and 30-day follow-up complications. At long-term follow-up, patients initially treated with stents had lower angiographic restenosis rate and were more frequently free from major adverse cardiac events.