Abstract 17098: Comparison of Angiographic and 1-year Clinical Outcomes between Long Single Stent and Overlapping Double Stent in Patients with Newer Generation Drug-Eluting Stents for Similar Long Lesions
Background: Although overlapping coronary stents in long lesions by percutaneous coronary intervention are common, some clinical studies revealed adverse clinical and angiographic outcomes of early generation overlapping drug-eluting stents (DES) due to increased drug and polymer toxicity, as compared to non-overlapping or single DES. However, recent clinical reports have shown safety and efficacy outcomes of overlapping newer generation DES, as compared with early generation overlapping DES and newer generation non-overlapping DES. Thus, the purpose of this study was to compare angiographic and 1-year clinical outcomes between long single stent and overlapping double stent in patients treated with newer generation DES for similar long lesions. Methods: We analyzed 8-10 months angiographic and 1-year clinical outcomes of 106 patients treated with everolimus-eluting stent (EES, newer generation DES) in a de novo similar long lesions (≥ 32mm, ≤38mm) by a long single stent or overlapping double stents. We divided our patients into single long stent group and overlapping double stent group. We compared the incidence of in-stent restenosis (ISR), which was defined as more than 50% angiographical stenosis, and analyzed freedom from major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE: defined as the composite of death, myocardial infarction, or target vessel revascularization) and freedom from target lesion revascularization (TLR) at 1 year using Kaplan-Meier method. Results: The incidence of ISR at 8-10 months after stent implantation was similar between long single stent group (n=41) and overlapping double stent group (n= 65). The rate of freedom from MACE and TLR during 1-year were also similar between two groups (figures). Conclusions: According to our study, newer generation DES, EES, provided similar angiographic and 1-year clinical outcomes irrespective of overlap status in long lesions.