The results and complications of a single-center experience of stent implantation in old saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) need to be defined. The authors studied their initial consec utive 92 patients (125 stents, 1.4 stents/per patient) with a mean age of 67 ±9 years. The patients' mean saphenous vein graft (SVG) age was 10 ±4 years, and the mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 46% ± 15. Patient population included unstable angina (65%), stable angina (10%), myocardial infarction (21%), and silent ischemia (4%). The authors implanted 122 Palmaz-Schatz/biliary and three Gianturco-Roubin stents. They aimed at a balloon-artery ratio of 1.1/1.0. Procedural success, defined as stent deployment with
