SummaryBackground: Over the last 4 years, several newer generation stents have become available, promising to change the scenery of coronary angioplasty (FTCA) with its attendant restenosis rate.Hypothesis: The aim of this study was to review prospectively the results of a single operator adopting a uniform approach with approximately 0.5 mm stent oversizing and highpressure (2 12-16 bar) deployment and compare them with conventional PTCA in a series of 244 consecutive patients.Methods: The study included 203 men and 41 women, aged 59 & 11 years, who presented with stable angina and/or positive exercise testing (n = 75), unstable angina (n = 161), or acute myocardial infarction (n = 8). Dilated vessels included the left anterior descending artery (n = 139), the right coronary artery (n = 86), the left circumflex artery (n = 47), the ramus branch (n = 4), or venous grafts (n = 2). Stents were implanted