Five-year clinical outcome after primary stenting of totally occluded native coronary arteries: a randomised comparison of bare metal stent implantation with sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for the treatment of total coronary occlusions (PRISON II study)

Ben J.L. Van den Branden1, MD; Braim M. Rahel2, MD, PhD; Gerrit J. Laarman3, MD, PhD; Ton Slagboom4, MD; Johannes C. Kelder1, MD; Juriën M. ten Berg1, MD, PhD; Maarten J. Suttorp1*, MD, PhD

1. St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands; 2. Viecuri Hospital, Venlo, The Netherlands; 3. Tweesteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands; 4. Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the five-year clinical outcome in patients enrolled in the Primary Stenting of Totally Occluded Native Coronary Arteries II (PR

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