Abstract 3329: Discontinuation of Antiplatelet Therapy Correlates with Angioscopic Subclinical Thrombus After Sirolimus Eluting Stent Implantation

Circulation ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 116 (suppl_16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masami Nishino ◽  
Shinpei Nakatani ◽  
Masahiko Hara ◽  
Akihito Hashimoto ◽  
Kiyoshi Yamagami ◽  
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Background: Although some stent thorombois seems to be correlated with discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy, the suitable duration of antiplatelet therapy after silorimus eluting stent (SES) implantation is unknown. In this study, we evaluated effects of discontinuation of one of dual antiplatelet therapy on angioscopic subclincal thrombus in the patients who received dual antiplatelet therapy after SES implantation. Methods: Six-month follow-up angioscope was performed in 110 consecutive patients with SES implantation. We divided our patients into two groups randomly: the patients who received dual antiplatelet theraphy (aspirin (100mg) and ticlopidine (200mg)/day) until 6-month follow-up angioscope (D-group) and the patients who stopped ticlopidine at 3 months after SES implantation (continued to receive only aspirin) (S-group). We compared the following parameters between the two groups: angioscopic parameters including existence of visible thrombus, grades of neointimal coverage (0: no neointimal coverage of stent struts, 1: partial coverage, 2: complete coverage), plaque color around stent (0: white, 1: yellow) and coronary risk factors including hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, diabetes mellitus and hemodialysis. Results: Incidence of angioscopic visible thrombus in S-group was significalty higher than that in D group, while there were no significant differences of the other pamameters between the two groups (table ). Two patients among S-group (3%) and one patient among D group (2%) received revascularization therapy at 6 months after SES implanation (n.s.). All the study patients revealed no other major adverse cardiac events (MACE); death, acute myocardial infarction and coronary bypass surgery. Conclusions: Only three months discontinuation of ticlopidine may affect on product of angioscopic sublicnical thrombus, however it was not correlated with MACE during 6 months follow-up after SES implantation.

VASA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-329
Author(s):  
Mariya Kronlage ◽  
Erwin Blessing ◽  
Oliver J. Müller ◽  
Britta Heilmeier ◽  
Hugo A. Katus ◽  
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Summary. Background: To assess the impact of short- vs. long-term anticoagulation in addition to standard dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) upon endovascular treatment of (sub)acute thrombembolic occlusions of the lower extremity. Patient and methods: Retrospective analysis was conducted on 202 patients with a thrombembolic occlusion of lower extremities, followed by crirical limb ischemia that received endovascular treatment including thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy, or a combination of both between 2006 and 2015 at a single center. Following antithrombotic regimes were compared: 1) dual antiplatelet therapy, DAPT for 4 weeks (aspirin 100 mg/d and clopidogrel 75 mg/d) upon intervention, followed by a lifelong single antiplatelet therapy; 2) DAPT plus short term anticoagulation for 4 weeks, followed by a lifelong single antiplatelet therapy; 3) DAPT plus long term anticoagulation for > 4 weeks, followed by a lifelong anticoagulation. Results: Endovascular treatment was associated with high immediate revascularization (> 98 %), as well as overall and amputation-free survival rates (> 85 %), independent from the chosen anticoagulation regime in a two-year follow up, p > 0.05. Anticoagulation in addition to standard antiplatelet therapy had no significant effect on patency or freedom from target lesion revascularization (TLR) 24 months upon index procedure for both thrombotic and embolic occlusions. Severe bleeding complications occurred more often in the long-term anticoagulation group (9.3 % vs. 5.6 % (short-term group) and 6.5 % (DAPT group), p > 0.05). Conclusions: Our observational study demonstrates that the choice of an antithrombotic regime had no impact on the long-term follow-up after endovascular treatment of acute thrombembolic limb ischemia whereas prolonged anticoagulation was associated with a nominal increase in severe bleeding complications.


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Oishi ◽  
T Shinke ◽  
H Tanaka ◽  
K Ogura ◽  
K Arai ◽  
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Abstract Background Recent clinical study suggests newer-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) that combine ultrathin strut and nano-coating with biodegradable polymers sirolimus-eluting stent (BP-SES) could improve long-term clinical outcomes in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) over current generation DES. However, safety profiles in very early phase have not been systematically addressed. Objective and method We exploratory investigate early vascular response following BP-SES implantation in patients with STEMI to reveal mechanism of the favorable clinical outcomes in recent studies using frequency domain-optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT). Consecutive twenty patients with STEMI who underwent FD-OCT immediately after primary PCI and were eligible for follow-up FD-OCT at 2 weeks after implantation were enrolled between June 2018 and November 2019. Results Twenty patients (age 62.7±11.3 years, male 85.0%) were enrolled with frequencies of hypertension (45.0%), diabetes mellitus (35.0%), dyslipidemia (55.0%) and smoking (80.0%). Aspiration catheter were used in all patients, and 1.13±0.34 stents were used. Only one patient (5.0%) received chronic antiplatelet therapy with aspirin prior to the onset of STEMI. All patients started to receive prasugrel as thienopyridine from this event and continued dual antiplatelet therapy for 2 weeks. The percentage of uncovered struts significantly decreased from post-procedure to 2W follow-up (69±18% post-procedure versus 30±11% at 2W follow up, p<0.0001). Malapposed struts also decreased (5.6±5.7% post-procedure versus0.9±1.2% at 2W follow up, p<0.0001).The average protrusion area of athero-thrombotic burden numerically decreased (0.37±0.19 at post-procedure versus 0.34±0.14 mm2 at 2W follow up, p=0.19) and its volume showed similar tendency (10.60±6.40 at post-procedure versus 9.36±5.14 mm3 at 2W follow up, p=0.19). Conclusion(s) This study firstly elucidated very early vascular responses following ultrathin strut BP-SES implantation in STEMI patients, showing early progression of strut coverage and resolution of athero-thrombotic materials. This technology may have a potential to overcome the current generation DESs in this clinical setting. Thrombus, uncovered and malapposed struts Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: None


Circulation ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 118 (suppl_18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunao Nakamura ◽  
Hisao Ogawa ◽  
Jang-Ho Bae ◽  
Yeo Hans Cahyadi ◽  
Wasan Udayachalerm ◽  
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Aim : The aim of this study is to compare the 4 years safety and durability of Sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) and Paclitaxel-eluting stent (PES) deployment on the outcome of patients with very long coronary lesions (VLL). Methods : A prospective analysis of 656 patients 730 lesions (male 70.4%, mean age 66.9 yrs) with very long coronary lesion (≥40mm) (368 SES and 288 PES) in five high volume Asian centers after successful stenting in VLL was performed. Lesion locations of VLL were LAD 48.2% (SES 50.2%, PES 45.7%), LCX 18.5%, RCA 33.3%. Complete clinical follow-up to 4 years is being analyzed for all patients. Results : The baseline clinical characteristics between 2 groups were similar. At 4 years overall cardiac events of SES (16.3%) were lower than PES (24.0%) (p=0.03). See table for clinical results. Conclusion : The use of SES and PES in patients with very long coronary lesion was safe and feasible with low acute complication and low incidence of restenosis. SES showed lesser incidence of cardiac events (death, myocardial infarction, CABG and PCI) at 4 years clinical follow-up. SAT (sub acute stent thrombosis), LAST (late stent thrombosis: ~1year), VLAST (very late stent thrombosis: 1year~ 4years) MACE (death, myocardial infarction, CABG and PCI).


2011 ◽  
Vol 140 (5) ◽  
pp. S-137-S-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruben Casado-Arroyo ◽  
Mónica Polo-Tomás ◽  
Pilar Roncales ◽  
James M. Scheiman ◽  
Angel Lanas

Author(s):  
Ziad Sergie ◽  
Usman Baber ◽  
Samantha Sartori ◽  
David J Cohen ◽  
Pushpam Bharathi ◽  
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Background: Lack of education is associated with adverse outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Whether or not this is due to medication non-compliance, which is a risk factor for cardiac events, is unclear. Methods: PARIS (Patterns of Non-Adherence to Anti-Platelet Regimens in Stented Patients) is a multi-center, multinational, prospective registry of patients that have undergone stent implantation. The primary outcome is non-adherence to dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) defined as discontinuation, interruption, or disruption. Independently adjudicated outcomes were measured at 30 days after procedure. Discontinuation was defined as stopping DAPT because therapy was no longer needed, in contrast to interruption (stopping DAPT on under physician guidance because of a procedure or surgery), and disruption (stopping DAPT due to bleeding or non-compliance). Results: Among 5033 patients, the average age was 64 years, 74.5% were male, 40.9% presented with ACS, and 82% received a drug-eluting stent. At 30 days, the overall incidence of non-adherence was 2.1%. For either aspirin or thienopyridine, disruption occurred because of bleeding in 31.4% and because of non-compliance in 62.7%. There was a significant association between education level and overall non-adherence (p=0.006) (see table). A higher proportion of non-adherent patients achieved less than secondary education (22.3% vs.11.9%, p=0.0013) or secondary education (50.9% vs. 38.8%, p=0.016), while there was no significant difference in patients with higher levels of education. After adjusting for age, those who achieved university compared with less than secondary education had a lower risk of non-adherence (odds ratio 0.53, 95% confidence interval: 0.30-0.92, p=0.03). Conclusion: In this study, lower education levels were associated with non-adherence to DAPT within 30 days after PCI. This underlines the importance of patient education tools, especially for those with lower education status to enhance compliance in the real world.


Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami J Natour ◽  
May Myint Thanda Kyaw ◽  
Ronald W Busuttil ◽  
Jonathan M Tobis ◽  
Henry M Honda

Introduction: Randomized trials have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of one month of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after placement of drug-eluting stents in patients with high bleeding risk. Patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) are underrepresented in these trials. Patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in preparation for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) exhibit a high incidence of bleeding complications on DAPT. The rates of bleeding versus thrombotic complications in ESLD patients placed on DAPT following PCI are poorly described. Methods: We retrospectively collected data from 61 patients who were evaluated for OLT between 2016 and 2019 and underwent PCI prior to listing. Bleeding events were classified using the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) definitions and included if the following criteria were met: events occurred in the setting of DAPT, were non-procedural in etiology, and occurred during the time following PCI and prior to OLT. Ischemic complications were evaluated by the incidence of myocardial infarction (MI), stent thrombosis, in-stent restenosis (>50%) and all-cause mortality at 1 year follow-up. Results: A total of 55/61 patients (90%) were placed on DAPT following PCI. Among them, 21/55 patients (38%) bled while taking DAPT, including 15 patients (27%) with BARC types 3-5 first-time bleeding events and 10 patients (18%) requiring early discontinuation of therapy. The median time to first bleeding event was 8 days (range 1 to 477 days, 85 th percentile 17 days). Among ischemic complications, MI occurred in 11/55 patients (20%) however only one patient had a type 1 MI with the remaining being type 2 in etiology. There were no episodes of stent thrombosis and 2 episodes of in-stent restenosis during the 1 year follow-up. A total of 12/55 patients (22%) went on to receive OLT and 18/55 (33%) passed away by 1 year post-PCI. Conclusions: Patients with ESLD exhibit a high rate of clinically significant bleeding on DAPT when compared to overall thrombotic events. The majority of bleeds occurred within the first month after PCI. These findings illustrate the need for larger studies to assess the safety of single instead of dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with ESLD who receive PCI.


Author(s):  
Shaoyi Guan ◽  
Xiaoming Xu ◽  
Yi Li ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Mingzi Guan ◽  
...  

Background Long‐term use of antiplatelet agents after acute coronary syndrome in diabetic patients is not well known. Here, we describe antiplatelet use and outcomes in such patients enrolled in the EPICOR Asia (Long‐Term Follow‐up of Antithrombotic Management Patterns in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients in Asia) registry. Methods and Results EPICOR Asia is a prospective, observational study of 12 922 patients with acute coronary syndrome surviving to discharge, from 8 countries/regions in Asia. The present analysis included 3162 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and 9602 patients without DM. The impact of DM on use of antiplatelet agents and events (composite of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke, with or without any revascularization; individual components, and bleeding) was evaluated. Significant baseline differences were seen between patients with DM and patients without DM for age, sex, body mass index, cardiovascular history, angiographic findings, and use of percutaneous coronary intervention. At discharge, ≈90% of patients in each group received dual antiplatelet therapy. At 2‐year follow‐up, more patients with DM tended to still receive dual antiplatelet therapy (60% versus 56%). DM was associated with increased risk from ischemic but not major bleeding events. Independent predictors of the composite end point of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke in patients with DM were age ≥65 years and use of diuretics at discharge. Conclusions Antiplatelet agent use is broadly comparable in patients with DM and patients without DM, although patients with DM are more likely to be on dual antiplatelet therapy at 2 years. Patients with DM are at increased risk of ischemic events, suggesting an unmet need for improved antithrombotic treatment. Registration URL: https://www.clini​caltr​ials.gov ; Unique identifier: NCT01361386.


2019 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. 179-183
Author(s):  
Anakala Ramakrishnudu ◽  
Vavilala Satish Kumar Rao

Abstract Objective The main objective of this article is to study the usefulness of coronary sinus filling time (CSFT) as a predictor of coronary microvascular obstruction (CMVO) and future cardiovascular (CV) events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for left anterior descending (LAD) in stable coronary artery disease patients. Materials and Methods We analyzed 50 patients with stable angina who underwent elective PCI for single LAD significant stenosis. After stent deployment, coronary sinus was visualized in left anterior oblique 40 degree cranial 30 degree views, CSFT, and corrected thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count (cTFC) calculated from frame count. Post-procedure electrocardiographic changes noted and cardiac biomarker creatine phosphokinase and creatine phosphokinase-myocardial band levels estimated, and follow-up was done for 6 months. Patients classified into two groups: Group 1 with major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and Group 2 (without MACE). CSFT and cTFC measurements were compared among the two groups. Results Out of 50 patients who were recruited in the study, Group 1 comprises 20 patients, and Group 2 comprises 30 patients. Among the Group 1, 40% were females, while in Group 2, they were 16%. Group 1 showed high CSFT values compared to Group 2, and such are post-procedure ST, T changes (90% in Group 1, 20% in Group 2), cardiac biomarkers elevation (80% in Group 1, 23.3% in Group 2). At 6 months follow-up ejection fraction was lower in Group 1 (31.8 ± 6.4%) compared with Group 2 (58.8 ± 5.8%) at p < 0.0001, and angina (85%) versus (20%). Mean CSFT was significantly more in Group 1 (5.77 ±0.75s) compared with Group 2 (4.61 ± 0.55s) at p < 0.0001. With respect to cTFC, no significant differences were seen between the two groups (p < 0.5628). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed CSFT of > 5.2s was the best cutoff value to differentiate the two groups. Conclusion CSFT significantly prolonged in patients with adverse cardiac events, and it may be used as a simple and quantitative predictor of CMVO and future CV events after elective PCI.


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