scholarly journals Managing bifurcations: are two stents better than one?

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Araujo Leite Medeiros ◽  
C Braga ◽  
I Campos ◽  
C Oliveira ◽  
C Pires ◽  
...  

Abstract Introduction Bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with a higher degree of complexity when compared with non-bifurcation procedures. Although 1-stent PCI remains the standard approach for most bifurcation lesions, data is constantly being published on 2-stent PCI. Aim To evaluate and compare the characteristics and outcomes of patients that underwent bifurcation PCI with one or two stents. Methods Single center, retrospective observational study including all patients who underwent bifurcation PCI between January 2015-December 2018. We defined two groups: 1-stent PCI group (1s-PCI) and 2-stent PCI group (2s-PCI). The 2s-PCI group included PCI patients with all the different techniques used in our center: provisional stenting with 2 stents, Cullote, crushing stent and DK Crush. Results 1s-PCI group included 376 individuals and 2s-PCI group included 26. Overall baseline clinical characteristics were balanced between groups. There was no statistically significant difference in age (mean 64 vs 66; p=0.388), gender (79% vs 85% males; p=0.622) and comorbidities (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, chronic kidney disease, smoking and previous history of coronary artery disease). Also, there was no difference in clinical status (NSTEMI 36% vs 38%; stable disease 32% vs 42%; STEMI 28% vs 19%; unstable angina 5% vs 0%; p=0.419). Coronary angiography and lesion distribution were similar in both groups (p=0.367). However, radiation dose (median 90.5 [IQR=79] vs 156 [IQR=84] mGy cm2; p<0,001) and contrast volume (median 150 [IQR=100] vs 156 [IQR=83] ml; p<0,001) were significantly higher in 2s-PCI group. At 12-month follow-up, mortality rate was higher in 1s-PCI group, but without statistical significance (8% vs 4%; p=0.71); the same is true for acute myocardial infarction at 12 months (3% vs 0%; p=0.368). Target-lesion failure was only reported in 4 patients in the 1s-PCI group. Survival tests showed no significant difference between groups (χ2(1,n=402)=0.634; p=0.426). Conclusion Individuals that underwent 1s-PCI were overall similar to those who underwent 2s-PCI. Predictably, deploying more than 1 stent required more contrast volume and implied a higher radiation dose. We should note that our studied is greatly limited by the 2s-PCI group size, which may justify the lack of difference in the evaluated outcomes. FUNDunding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: None.

Author(s):  
Inês Carolina Siqueira Freitas ◽  
Micheli Cristiane Hintz ◽  
Larissa Chaiane Orth ◽  
Tamara Gonçalves da Rosa ◽  
Betine Moehlecke Iser ◽  
...  

Abstract Objective The present study aims to compare the maternal and fetal outcomes of parturients with and without a gestational diabetes diagnosis. Methods A case-control study including parturients with (cases) and without (control) a gestational diabetes diagnosis, who delivered at a teaching hospital in Southern Brazil, between May and August 2018. Primary and secondary data were used. Bivariate analysis and a backward conditional multivariate logistic regression were used to make comparisons between cases and controls, which were expressed by odds ratio (OR), with a 95% confidence interval (95%CI) and a statistical significance level of 5%. Results The cases (n = 47) were more likely to be 35 years old or older compared with the controls (n = 93) (p < 0.001). The cases had 2.56 times greater chance of being overweight (p = 0.014), and a 2.57 times greater chance of having a positive family history of diabetes mellitus (p = 0.01). There was no significant difference regarding weight gain, presence of a previous history of gestational diabetes, height, or delivery route. The mean weight at birth was significantly higher in the infants of mothers diagnosed with diabetes (p = 0.01). There was a 4.7 times greater chance of macrosomia (p < 0.001) and a 5.4 times greater chance of neonatal hypoglycemia (p = 0.01) in the infants of mothers with gestational diabetes. Conclusion Therefore, maternal age, family history of type 2 diabetes, obesity and pregestational overweightness are important associated factors for a higher chance of developing gestational diabetes.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tilman Stephan ◽  
Nadine Goldberger ◽  
Mirjam Keßler ◽  
Dominik Felbel ◽  
Manuel Rattka ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of left main coronary artery disease (LMD) is associated with appropriate clinical and angiographic outcomes, resulting in a class I recommendation in patients with less complex coronary anatomy. Due to higher SYNTAX scores and worse clinical outcomes, PCI in distal LMD is accomplished with a lower strength of recommendations for revascularization compared to ostial LM lesions. We compare angiographic and clinical outcomes of ostial/midshaft lesions versus distal lesion in LMD after PCI. Methods: This retrospective study included 176 patients with LMD undergoing PCI with drug-eluting stents. The study population was divided into 34 patients with ostial/midshaft LMD and 142 patients with distal LMD. Patients were routinely scheduled for 9 months of angiographic and 12 months of clinical follow-up. Quantitative coronary analysis (QCA) was performed for all lesions, using an 11-segment model. Primary outcome was MACE (major adverse cardiac events) defined as a composite of cardiac death, myocardial infarction and target lesion revascularization (TLR). Results: The primary outcome measure was comparable in both cohorts after 12 months follow-up (20.6% in ostial/midshaft LMD vs. 17.6% in distal LMD, P=0.71). As expected, TLR rates were increased in distal LM lesions compared to ostial LM lesions, but without reaching statistical significance (14.1% vs. 5.9%, P=0.15). Late lumen loss (LLL) in ostial/midshaft LMD was 0.42±0.33mm. In distal LM lesions value for LLL in the main vessel was 0.42±0.97 mm, with the highest values observed in segments adjacent to the bifurcation (0.37±1.13mm and 0.37±0.73 mm). On cox proportional regression analysis LLL in a bifurcation segment (P=0.03, HR 1.68 [1.1-2.7]) and diabetes mellitus (P=0.046, HR 2.77 [1.0-7.5] were independent correlates for occurrence of MACE. Conclusion: PCI of distal LM lesions result in comparable angiographic and clinical outcomes compared to ostial LM lesions. Highest rates for binary restenosis were observed in segments nearest to the bifurcation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
You-Jeong Ki ◽  
Ji Hyun Jung ◽  
Jung-Kyu Han ◽  
Sukkeun Hong ◽  
Jang Hyun Cho ◽  
...  

Objectives. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical impact of 3 bifurcation angles in left main (LM) bifurcation treated with the 2-stent technique. Background. Data are limited regarding the impact of bifurcation angles after LM percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods. Using patient-level 4 multicenter registries in Korea, 462 patients undergoing LM bifurcation PCI with the 2-stent technique were identified (181 crush, 167 T-stenting; 63% 1st generation drug-eluting stent (DES), 37% 2nd generation DES). Three bifurcation angles, between the LM and left anterior descending (LAD), the LM and left circumflex (LCX), and the LAD and LCX, were measured. The primary outcome was target lesion failure (TLF), a composite of cardiac death, myocardial infarction, and target lesion revascularization (TLR). Results. In patients treated with the crush technique, the best cutoff value (BCV) to predict TLF was 152° of the LM-LAD angle. In the crush group, a significantly higher TLF rate, mostly driven by TLR, was observed in the LM-LAD angle ≥152° group compared with the <152° group (35.7% vs. 14.6%; adjusted hazard ratio 3.476; 95% confidence interval 1.612–7.492). An LM-LAD angle ≥152° was an independent predictor of TLF. In the T-stenting, no bifurcation angle affected the clinical outcomes. Conclusions. In LM bifurcation PCI using the 2-stent technique, wide LM-LAD angle (≥152°) was associated with a greater risk of TLF in the crush, whereas none of the bifurcation angles affected T-stenting outcomes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
H Matsuda ◽  
A Kagase ◽  
T Tokuda ◽  
Y Ochiumi ◽  
M Takeya ◽  
...  

Abstract Background and introduction Diabetic patients are at high risk of adverse cardiovascular events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) even with durable polymer drug-eluting stents. A biodegradable polymer everolimus-eluting stents (BP-EES) might improve clinical outcomes in patients with diabetes mellitus. Purpose This study aimed to compare the mid-term clinical outcomes between BP-EES and durable polymer everolimus-eluting stents (DP-EES) in diabetic patients. Methods We investigated consecutive 383 patients treated with BP-EES or DP-EES at our Heart Center between January and December 2016. Among these patients, 155 (40.5%) patients had diabetes mellitus. The primary endpoint was 3-year cumulative incidence of target lesion failure (TLF) defined as target vessel-related myocardial infarction (MI) and clinical-driven target lesion revascularization (TLR). Moreover, the incidence of definite stent thrombosis (ST) was also evaluated. Results After propensity score matching, 148 patients were divided into 2 groups (BP-EES; N=74, DP-EES; N=74). The 3-year cumulative incidences of TLF were significantly lower in BP-EES group than in DP-EES group (BP-EES vs. DP-EES; 1.4% vs. 11.4%, p=0.01). The incidence of cardiac death, target vessel-related MI, and definite ST were none in the both group. Figure 1 Conclusions In diabetic patients, the incidence of TLR within 3 years was significantly lower in BP-EES than in DP-EES. In PCI for diabetic patients, BP-EES might improve clinical outcomes compared to DP-EES.


1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
J T Hartman ◽  
R P Yost ◽  
W W Robertson ◽  
H F Janssen

The present study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a thigh length sequential compression device (SCD) in the prevention of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in patients undergoing hip operations (either fracture or elective). The night before the operation phleborheography, doppler ultrasound and, when possible, 125I fibrinogen scanning were used to evaluate venous flow in the patients’ legs. The patients identified as being free of DVT complications were then fitted with the compression sleeves. Following surgery the venous evaluation tests were repeated on alternate days to determine if DVT complications had developed. Evidence of DVT formation was identified in 10 of the 52 control patients (who received leg elevation only) and in 1 of the 52 treated patients (who received the SCD plus leg elevation). The chi square statistic demonstrates a significant difference between the two groups (P<.05).Data evaluation indicates that surgical approach and patient obesity did not contribute to the risk of DVT formation. However, patients who are either over the age of 66, females, or have suffered a hip fracture appear to be at greater risk than other groups. The amount of data in this study makes it difficult to evaluate with statistical significance the additional risk produced by other factors such as heart condition, previous history of clotting problems, estrogen therapy, etc.


Circulation ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 116 (suppl_16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Probal Roy ◽  
Ashesh N Buch ◽  
Aamir Javaid ◽  
Teruo Okabe ◽  
Vikram Raya ◽  
...  

Background: The utilization of drug-eluting stents (DES) in “real world” practice has deviated substantially from Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved indications. The outcomes of patients undergoing intracoronary DES implantation (versus BMS) for non-FDA approved indications has not been determined. Methods : The clinical outcomes of 546 patients undergoing DES implantation for ≥1 non-FDA approved (“Off label”) indication after device approval were assessed. This group was then compared to 546 propensity-matched patients receiving BMS prior to DES approval for the same indications. The primary endpoint was major adverse cardiac events [MACE; death-all cause, non-fatal Q-wave MI and target vessel revascularization (TVR)] at 12 months. Results: Baseline clinical and procedural characteristics were well matched. Patients in the BMS group were more likely to be treated with larger diameter and shorter stents. Though both in-hospital and 30-day all-cause mortality was greater in the DES group, there was no significant difference in cardiac death at both time points. At 30 days all other clinical outcomes were comparable. At 12 months MACE was significantly reduced in the DES group (27.8% vs. 21.4% p=0.014) driven by reductions in repeat revascularization [target lesion revascularization (TLR): 16.4% vs. 7.8% p<0.001, TVR: 20.2% vs.13.1% p<0.003]. There was no significant increase in death and non-fatal Q-wave MI with DES. Conclusions: The utilization of DES for non-FDA approved indications proved to be efficacious and safe when compared to a propensity-matched BMS cohort. These findings support broadening the current FDA indications for DES use.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (14) ◽  
pp. 3166
Author(s):  
Adrian Włodarczak ◽  
Magdalena Łanocha ◽  
Marek Szudrowicz ◽  
Mateusz Barycki ◽  
Alicja Gosiewska ◽  
...  

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the major risk factors contributing to Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) and is associated with an increased risk of adverse clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), even when the second generation of drug-eluting stents (DES) is used. In order to overcome the disadvantages of permanent caging of a vessel with metallic DES, bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) technology has been recently developed. However, the prognosis of patients with DM and ACS treated with PCI via subsequent implantation of Magmaris (Biotronik, Berlin, Germany)—a novel magnesium-bioresorbable scaffold—is poorly investigated. Methods: A total of 193 consecutive subjects with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) who, from October 2016 to March 2020, received one or more Magmaris scaffolds were enrolled in this study. The diabetic group was compared with non-diabetic subjects. Results: There were no significant differences in the occurrence of primary endpoints (cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and in-stent thrombosis) and principal secondary endpoints (target-lesion failure, scaffold restenosis, death from any reason, and other cardiovascular events) between the two compared groups in a 1-year follow-up period. Conclusions: The early 1-year-outcome of magnesium bioresorbable scaffold (Magmaris) seems to be favorable and suggests that this novel BRS is safe and effective in subjects with NSTE-ACS and co-existing DM.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-108
Author(s):  
Yusuke Watanabe ◽  
Satoru Mitomo ◽  
Ozan M. Demir ◽  
Kuan-Liang Liu ◽  
Ying-Chang Tung ◽  
...  

<b><i>Aims:</i></b> We assessed clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) distal bifurcation lesions using drug-eluting stents (DES) in hemodialysis (HD) patients compared to non-HD patients. <b><i>Methods and Results:</i></b> We identified 1,858 consecutive patients who underwent PCI for ULMCA distal bifurcation lesions at 4 high-volume centers in Japan, Italy, and Taiwan between January 2005 and December 2015. Of them, 1,416 patients were treated with DES including 113 HD patients and 1,303 non-HD patients. The primary end point was target lesion failure (TLF) defined as a composite of cardiac death, target lesion revascularization (TLR), and myocardial infarction. HD patients were more likely to be younger and have diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, peripheral artery disease, lower ejection fraction, and higher EuroSCORE. TLF rate at 3 years was significantly higher in HD group than in non-HD group (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 2.43 [1.75–3.38], <i>p</i> &#x3c; 0.001). Cardiac mortality and TLR rate were also significantly higher in HD group than in non-HD group (adjusted HR 3.85 [2.34–6.34], <i>p</i> &#x3c; 0.001, and HR 2.10 [1.41–3.14], <i>p</i> &#x3c; 0.001, respectively). <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> HD was strongly associated with adverse cardiac events after PCI for ULMCA distal bifurcation lesions with DES.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akito Kawamura ◽  
Yasuyuki Egami ◽  
Shodai Kawanami ◽  
Hiroki Sugae ◽  
Kohei Ukita ◽  
...  

Abstract This study aimed to compare the strut coverage between Orsiro ultrathin struts biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stents (O-SES) and Xience thin struts durable polymer everolimus-eluting stents (X-EES) in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients using optical coherence tomography (OCT). In BIOSTEMI trial, O-SESs were superior to X-EESs with respect to target lesion failure (TLF) in ACS patients. However, there were few reports comparing intravascular imaging between the two stents in ACS. Between August 2016 and February 2020, 50 lesions from 50 ACS patients who underwent OCT-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were enrolled. We compared mid-term vascular healing using OCT between O-SESs and X-EESs at 8-month after stenting. The protocol was approved by the Osaka Rosai Hospiral ethics committee. Among 50 lesions, the X-EES group consisted of 25 lesions and the O-SES of 25 lesions. The percentage of covered strut, the percentage of malapposed strut and mean neointimal thickness at 8-month were evaluated. In the 8-month OCT analysis, the proportion of covered strut was significantly higher in the O-SES group than in in the X-EES group (97.3% vs. 86.0%; p = 0.001). On the other hand, there were no significant differences in the frequency of malapposed strut (0.4% vs 1.0%, p = 0.238). The O-SES group had the tendency of thinner neointima compared to the X-EES group (60µm vs 76µm, p = 0.089). Compared to X-EESs, O-SESs showed better mid-term vascular healing and tended to have thinner neointima in ACS patients. Ultra-thin strut may play a key role in better vascular healing.


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