Effect of probucol on repeat revascularization rate after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (from the Probucol Angioplasty Restenosis Trial [PART])

Am J Cardiol. 2000 Sep 1;86(5):550-2, A9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01013-4.

Abstract

To address the issue of whether probucol reduces clinical events after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), we surveyed clinical status at 1 year after PTCA of 101 patients who had entered the Probucol Restenosis Angioplasty Trial. Repeat angioplasty at index lesions were required in 5 patients in the probucol group and in 12 in the control group, suggesting that probucol administered beginning 4 weeks before PTCA reduces repeat revascularization rates for 1 year.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Multicenter Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
  • Anticholesteremic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Coronary Disease / prevention & control*
  • Coronary Disease / therapy
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Probucol / therapeutic use*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Secondary Prevention

Substances

  • Anticholesteremic Agents
  • Probucol