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. 2013 Nov 8;347:f6625. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f6625

Table 1.

  Select definitions of efficacy and safety outcomes used in the study8

Outcomes Definition
Efficacy
Target vessel revascularization Any repeat percutaneous intervention or surgical bypass of any segment of target vessel. Target vessel is defined as entire major coronary vessel proximal and distal to target lesion, which includes upstream and downstream branches and target lesion itself
Target lesion revascularization Any repeat percutaneous intervention of target lesion or bypass surgery of target vessel performed for restenosis or other complication of target lesion. Target lesion is defined as treated segment from 5 mm proximal to stent to 5 mm distal to stent
Safety
Definite stent thrombosis Angiographic or pathological confirmation of stent thrombosis
Probable stent thrombosis Any unexplained death within first 30 days or irrespective of time after the index procedure; any myocardial infarction that is related to documented acute ischemia in territory of implanted stent without angiographic confirmation of stent thrombosis and in absence of any other obvious cause