The BRIDGE Registry: Safety and Efficacy Registry of Bx Cypher Stent

This is a prospective, multicenter, comparative, non randomised, open registry of 1000 patients who will be followed up to 12 months at 100 sites in France.

Patients will be screened according to normal practice and in relation to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Patients should have a documented ischemia related to the target vessel.

Procedure of stent placement should be done under existing in hospital procedural protocol and care should be taken to follow Cordis instructions as set forth in the Instructions For Use.

Follow up will be done according to normal procedure and the minimum should be a telephone contact at 1, 6 and 12 months.

All data gathered during the enrollment, procedure, follow up and when specific events to the patient may occur, will be entered into the Internet CRF form, by the treating physician or a person from his staff specifically appointed to this task.

Patient enrollment is anticipated to last 8 months.

Inclusion criteria

• NIDDM treated with oral antidiabetics for at least 3 months, or IDDM treated for at least 3 months with documented HbA1C;
• Diagnosis of angina pectoris as defined by Canadian Cardiovascular Society Classification (CCS I, II, III, IV) OR unstable angina pectoris (Braunwald Classification B I-II) OR patients with documented silent ischemia;
• Target lesion stenosis is >50% (visual estimate);
• Target vessel diameter, between 2.5 and 3.0 mm
• Target lesion length minimum 15 mm and maximum 30mm

Exclusion criteria

• CK and CK-MB enzymes above normal or elevated troponin level (as determined by site criteria) at the time of treatment;
• Has unstable angina classified as Braunwald III B and A or C I-II-III, or is having a peri-infarction;
• Unprotected left main coronary disease with >=50% stenosis;
• Significant (>50%) stenosis proximal or distal to the target lesion that might impede inflow or runoff and can not be revascularized before or during the index procedure;
• Have an ostial target lesion;
• Documented left ventricular ejection fraction <=30%;
• In-Stent restenosis;
• Chronic total occlusion.